وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ
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
Introduction
This is āyah 17 of Sūrat Az-Zumar (The Troops), the 59th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 23. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.
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Revelation & occasion
- Period
- Meccan
- Order revealed
- 59 of 114
- Surah
- Az-Zumar (39)
(And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them�) [39:17]. Ibn Zayd said: �This verse was revealed about three people who confessed the oneness of Allah in the pre-Islamic period: Zayd ibn �Amr, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari and Salman al-Farisi�. (� for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen who hear advice and follow the best thereof�) [39:17-18]. �Ata� reported that Ibn �Abbas said: �When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq believed in the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, and followed him, �Uthman, �Abd al-Rahman ibn �Awf, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa�id ibn Zayd, Sa�d ibn Abi Waqqas went to him and asked him [whether he believed in the Prophet]. He informed them about his faith and they believed [with him on the spot]. Allah revealed about them (Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen who hear advice) i.e. from Abu Bakr (and follow the best thereof)�.
Tafsir
Hafiz Ibn Kathir
Chains of transmission
Oral — isnād
- ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation
Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.
- 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation
Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.
- TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation
Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.
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Written — the manuscript record
- ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation
The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).
- 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation
Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.
- Modern printModern printawaiting curation
The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.
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