Az-Zumar 39:55 واتبعوا احسن ما انزل اليكم من ربكم من قبل ان ياتيكم العذاب بغتة وانتم لا تشعرون ٥٥

39:55

وَٱتَّبِعُوٓاْ

أَحۡسَنَ

مَآ

أُنزِلَ

إِلَيۡكُم

مِّن

رَّبِّكُم

مِّن

قَبۡلِ

أَن

يَأۡتِيَكُمُ

ٱلۡعَذَابُ

بَغۡتَةٗ

وَأَنتُمۡ

لَا

تَشۡعُرُونَ

٥٥

And follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes to you suddenly when you do not even expect,

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Chapter 39, Page 464, Juz 24

53. Say (on My behalf), “O servants of Mine who have acted recklessly against their own selves, do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Surely, Allah will forgive all sins. Surely, He is the One who is the Most-Forgiving, the Very-Merciful. 54. Turn passionately towards your Lord, and submit to Him before the punishment comes to you, after which you will not be helped. 55. And follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes to you suddenly when you do not even expect, 56. lest someone should say, “Pity on me, because I fell short in respect of (observing the rights of) Allah and in fact, I was one of those who mocked”, 57. or, (lest) someone should say, “If Allah were to show me the way, I would have surely been among those who fear Allah”, 58. or, (lest) someone should say when he sees the punishment, “Would that I have a chance to return, so that I may become one of those who are good in their deeds.” 59. No! My verses had reached you, but you called them untrue, and waxed proud, and became of those who disbelieved. 60. And on the Day of Judgment, you will see those who had forged lies against Allah (in a state) that their faces are turned black. Is it not that in Jahannam there is an abode for the arrogant? 61. And Allah will save the God-fearing (from Jahannam ), with utmost success granted to them, so as no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve. 62. Allah is Creator of everything, and He is the Guardian over everything. 63. To Him belong the keys to the heavens and the earth. As for those who have rejected the verses of Allah, it is they who are the losers.

- T. Usmani