39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 17
وَالَّذ۪ينَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ اَنْ يَعْبُدُوهَا وَاَنَابُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرٰىۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِۙ
Wallatheena ijtanaboo attaghootaan yaAAbudooha waanaboo ila Allahilahumu albushra fabashshir AAibad
Those who shun the worship of false gods and turn towards Allah will have good news. So give good news to My slaves.
- Progressive Muslims
And for those who avoid serving evil, and turn to God in repentance, for them are glad tidings. So give the good news to My servants.
- Shabbir Ahmed
As for those who shun the non-divine 'authorities' refraining from idol-worship in all forms, and turn to Allah alone, there are glad tidings. Give, then, this good news to My true servants.
- Sam Gerrans
And those who avoid idols lest they serve them and turn to God, for them are glad tidings. So give thou glad tidings to My servants:
- The Monotheist Group
And for those who avoid serving evil, and turn to God in repentance, for them are glad tidings. So give the good news to My servants.
- Edip-Layth
For those who avoid serving evil, and turn to God in repentance, for them are glad tidings. So give the good news to My servants.
- Aisha Bewley
Those who shun the worship of false gods and turn towards Allah will have good news. So give good news to My slaves.
- Rashad Khalifa
As for those who discard the worship of all idols, and devote themselves totally to GOD alone, they have deserved happiness. Give good news to My servants.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
There are happy tidings for those who keep away from the worship of false gods and turn to God in repentance. Give glad tidings to My creatures.
- Sahih International
But those who have avoided Taghut, lest they worship it, and turned back to Allah - for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants
- Muhammad Asad
seeing that for those who shun the powers of evil lest they [be tempted to] worship them, and turn unto God instead, there is the glad tiding [of happiness in the life to come]. Give, then, this glad tiding to [those of] My servants
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And those who avoid submission to an entity animate or inanimate other than Allah and do not take it as an object of worship and do not brew falsehood and in lowliest plight repentant stand must expect Allah's intimation of joyful tidings and therefore announce to My worshippers O Muhammad the good news.
- Bijan Moeinian
Those who avoid worshipping false deities and devote themselves totally to their Lord alone, for them there is a good news.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Those who avoid At-Tâghût [1] (false deities) by not worshipping them and turn to Allâh (in repentance), for them are glad tidings; so announce the good news to My slaves -
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those who eschew Evil,- and fall not into its worship,- and turn to Allah (in repentance),- for them is Good News: so announce the Good News to My Servants,-
- Mustafa Khattab
And those who shun the worship of false gods, turning to Allah ˹alone˺, will have good news. So give good news to My servants ˹O Prophet˺—
- Taqi Usmani
And those who abstain from worshipping the Tāghūt and turn fervently to Allah, for them there is good news. So, give the good news to My servants
- Abdul Haleem
There is good news for those who shun the worship of false gods and turn to God, so [Prophet] give good news to My servants
- Arthur John Arberry
Those who eschew the serving of idols and turn penitent to God, for them is good tidings! So give thou good tidings to My servants
- E. Henry Palmer
But those who avoid Taghut and serve them not, but turn repentant unto God, for them shall be glad tidings. Then give glad tidings to my servants
- Hamid S. Aziz
And as for those who put away false gods, lest they should worship them and turn to Allah, they shall have good news. Therefore give good news to My servants,
- Mahmoud Ghali
And the ones who avoid the Taghût (i. e. false gods) that they might not worship them and (turn) penitent to Allah, for them is good tidings! So give good tidings to My bondmen.
- George Sale
But those who eschew the worship of idols, and are turned unto God, shall receive good tidings. Bear good tidings therefore unto my servants,
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Those who avoid evil— And do not fall into its worship— And turn to Allah (in repentance), for them are the glad tidings and good news so announce the good news to My servants—
- Amatul Rahman Omar
But there await good tidings for those who restrain themselves from worshipping the transgressor (to the limit as defined by God) and turn to Allâh. So give glad tidings to My servants,
- Ali Quli Qarai
As for those who stay clear of the worship of the Rebel and turn penitently to Allah, there is good news for them. So give good news to My servants