And ere that suffering comes upon you of a sudden, without your being aware [of its approach], follow the most goodly [teaching] that has been revealed unto you by your Sustainer
And follow (the) best (of) what is revealed to you from your Lord from before [that] comes to you the punishment suddenly, while you (do) not perceive,
And ere that suffering comes upon you of a sudden, without your being aware [of its approach], follow the most goodly [teaching] that has been revealed unto you by your Sustainer
And follow the best that has been revealed to you from your Lord before there comes to you the punishment all of a sudden while you do not even perceive
And follow the most beautiful of that which has been sent down unto you from your Lord, before the punishment comes suddenly upon you while you are unaware,
Follow in the best way possible what has been sent down to you from your Lord, before the punishment comes upon you all of a sudden, without your being aware (of its coming)
And closely follow the fairest of what has been sent down to you from your Lord even before the torment comes up to you suddenly while (Literally: and) you are not aware
And follow the best teaching (the Qur'an) that has been revealed for you by your Lord before the doom comes upon you suddenly without your perceiving of the why, how and whence of it. (39:18). (I have rendered: revealed 'for' you instead of 'to' you since the addressee in the verse is plural)
Follow the best way that is revealed to you by your Lord before the scourge comes to you all of a sudden while you do not even perceive it
Dr. Munir Munshey
Follow the excellent advice revealed to you by your Lord before the time (arrives) when the punishment will creep up on you stealthily and you would not realize
Dr. Kamal Omar
And follow the better one of that which has been sent down to you from your Nourisher-Sustainer before (the stage) that the torment comes on you out of a sudden while you perceive (it) not —
Follow the best of what has been revealed to you from your Lord before the chastisement suddenly comes upon you without you even being aware of it."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And follow the best of what was sent down to you from your Master (the Quran) before the punishment comes to you suddenly while you do not realize
“And adhere to the best of what is revealed to you from your Guardian Evolver, before the penalty comes on you all of a sudden, while you perceive it not
Follow the best path indicated by your Lord before unexpectedly, and not knowingly, being exposed to the disaster
Faridul Haque
“And follow this, the best among all, which has been sent down towards you from your Lord, before the punishment comes suddenly upon you whilst you are unaware.&rdquo
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Follow the best of what has been sent down from your Lord before the punishment overtakes you suddenly, while you are unaware.
And follow the best that has been revealed to you from your Lord before chastisement comes to you all of a sudden, while you perceive not -
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And follow best (of) what was descended to you from your Lord from before that the torture comes to you suddenly/unexpectedly, and (while) you do not know/feel/sense
And follow the best (teaching suiting your condition) that has been revealed to you from your Lord before you receive the punishment which will come upon you all of a sudden and take you unawares
"And follow the best of that which is sent down to you from your Lord (i.e. this Quran, do what it orders you to do and keep away from what it forbids), before the torment comes on you suddenly while you perceive not!"
And follow the most excellent instructions which have been sent down unto you from your Lord, before the punishment come suddenly upon you, and ye perceive not the approach thereof
And follow that most excellent thing which hath been sent down to you from your Lord, ere the punishment come on you suddenly, and when ye look not for it
Before the suffering (death) comes to you suddenly while you are not aware, follow the best of what has been revealed to your from your Rabb!
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
And follow the best course best discoursed by Allah, your Creator, in the Quran which rounds off all precepts in all aspects; before you are suddenly confronted with the retributive punishment; you will neither know how it happened nor whence it came