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39. Az-Zumar No. 40 41. Fussilat

Ghafir

The Forgiver | 85 verses | makkah

Pillar III - Daily Life & Wellbeing
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Movement 1 * Verses 1–9 Section 1 of 9

Section 1: Verses 1–9

Thematic progression across verses 1–9

40:1 Juz 24 * Page 467

حمٓ 1

Haa-Meeem

حم Ha Meem.

Ha, Meem

40:2 Juz 24 * Page 467

تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ 2

Tanzeelul Kitaabi minal laahil Azeezil 'Aleem

تنزيلُ (The) revelation
الْكتب (of) the Book
من (is) from
الله Allah
الْعزيز the All-Mighty,
الْعليم the All-Knower.

The sending down of the Scripture is from God the Almighty, the Omniscient

40:3 Juz 24 * Page 467

غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوۡبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ذِي ٱلطَّوۡلِۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ 3

Ghaafiriz zambi wa qaabilit tawbi shadeedil 'iqaabi zit tawli laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa ilaihil maseer

غافر (The) Forgiver
الذنب (of) the sin,
وقابل and (the) Acceptor
التوْب (of) [the] repentance,
شديد severe
الْعقاب (in) the punishment,
ذى Owner (of) the abundance.
الطوْل Owner (of) the abundance.
لا (There is) no
إله god
إلا except
هُو Him;
إليْه to Him,
الْمصيرُ (is) the final return.

Forgiver of sins, Accepter of repentance, Severe in punishment, Bountiful in bounty. There is no god but He. To Him is the ultimate return

40:4 Juz 24 * Page 467

مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَلَا يَغۡرُرۡكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ 4

Maa yujaadilu feee Aayaatil laahi illal lazeena kafaroo falaa yaghrurka taqallubuhum fil bilaad

ما Not
يُجدلُ dispute
فى concerning
ءايت (the) Verses
الله (of) Allah
إلا except
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieve,
فلا so (let) not
يغْرُرْك deceive you
تقلُبُهُمْ their movement
فى in
الْبلد the cities.

None argues against God’s revelations except those who disbelieve. So do not be impressed by their activities in the land

40:5 Juz 24 * Page 467

كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ وَٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ وَهَمَّتۡ كُلُّ أُمَّةِۭ بِرَسُولِهِمۡ لِيَأۡخُذُوهُۖ وَجَٰدَلُواْ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ لِيُدۡحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلۡحَقَّ فَأَخَذۡتُهُمۡۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ 5

Kazzabat qablahum qawmu Noohinw wal Ahzaabu mim ba'dihim wa hammat kullu ummatim bi Rasoolihim liyaa khuzoobhu wa jaadaloo bilbaatili liyudhidoo bihil haqqa fa akhaztuhum fakifa kaana 'iqaab

كذبتْ Denied
قبْلهُمْ before them
قوْمُ (the) people
نُوحٌ (of) Nuh
والْأحْزابُ and the factions
من after them,
بعْدهمْ after them,
وهمتْ and plotted
كُلُ every
أُمةٌ nation
برسُولهمْ against their Messenger,
ليأْخُذُوهُ to seize him,
وجدلُوا and they disputed
بالْبطل by falsehood
ليُدْحضُوا to refute
به thereby
الْحق the truth.
فأخذْتُهُمْ So I seized them.
فكيْف Then how
كان was
عقابـ My penalty?

Before them the people of Noah rejected the truth, as did the confederates after them. Every community plotted against their messenger, to capture him. And they argued with falsehood, to defeat with it the truth. But I seized them. What a punishment it was

40:6 Juz 24 * Page 467

وَكَذَٰلِكَ حَقَّتۡ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ 6

Wa kazaalika haqqat Kalimatu Rabbika 'alal lazeena kafarooo annahum Ashaabun Naar

وكذلك And thus
حقتْ has been justified
كلمتُ (the) Word
ربك (of) your Lord
على against
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieved
أنهُمْ that they
أصْحبُ (are) companions
النار (of) the Fire.

Thus the sentence of your Lord became realized against those who disbelieve, that they are to be inmates of the Fire

40:7 Juz 24 * Page 467

ٱلَّذِينَ يَحۡمِلُونَ ٱلۡعَرۡشَ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۖ رَبَّنَا وَسِعۡتَ كُلَّ شَيۡءࣲ رَّحۡمَةࣰ وَعِلۡمࣰ ا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ 7

Allazeena yahmiloonal 'Arsha wa man hawlahoo yusabbihoona bihamdi Rabbihim wa yu'minoona bihee wa yastaghfiroona lillazeena aamanoo Rabbanaa wasi'ta kulla shai'ir rahmantanw wa 'ilman faghfir lillazeena taaboo wattaba'oo sabeelaka wa qihim 'azaabal Jaheem

الذين Those who
يحْملُون bear
الْعرْش the Throne
ومنْ and who
حوْلهُ (are) around it
يُسبحُون glorify
بحمْد (the) praises
ربهمْ (of) their Lord
ويُؤْمنُون and believe
به in Him
ويسْتغْفرُون and ask forgiveness
للذين for those who
ءامنُوا believe,
ربنا "Our Lord!
وسعْت You encompass
كُل all
شىْءٌ things
رحْمةً (by Your) Mercy
وعلْمًا and knowledge,
فاغْفرْ so forgive
للذين those who
تابُوا repent
واتبعُوا and follow
سبيلك Your Way
وقهمْ and save them (from)
عذاب (the) punishment
الْجحيم (of) the Hellfire.

Those who carry the Throne, and those around it, glorify their Lord with praise, and believe in Him, and ask for forgiveness for those who believe: “Our Lord, You have encompassed everything in mercy and knowledge; so forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and protect them from the agony of the Blaze

40:8 Juz 24 * Page 468
Inheritance

رَبَّنَا وَأَدۡخِلۡهُمۡ جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنٍ ٱلَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمۡ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ 8

Rabbannaa wa adkhilhum Jannaati 'adninil latee wa'attahum wa man salaha min aabaaa'ihim wa azwaajihim wa zurriyyaatihim; innaka Antal 'Azeezul Hakeem

ربنا Our Lord!
وأدْخلْهُمْ And admit them
جنت (to) Gardens
عدْنٌ (of) Eden
التى which
وعدتهُمْ You have promised them
ومن and whoever
صلح (was) righteous
منْ among
ءابائهمْ their fathers
وأزْوجهمْ and their spouses
وذُريتهمْ and their offspring.
إنك Indeed You,
أنت You
الْعزيزُ (are) the All-Mighty,
الْحكيمُ the All-Wise.

And admit them, Our Lord, into the Gardens of Eternity, which You have promised them, and the righteous among their parents, and their spouses, and their offspring. You are indeed the Almighty, the Most Wise

40:9 Juz 24 * Page 468

وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِۚ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ فَقَدۡ رَحِمۡتَهُۥۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ 9

Wa qihimus saiyi-aat; wa man taqis saiyi-aati Yawma'izin faqad rahimtah; wa zaalika huwal fawzul 'azeem

وقهمُ And protect them
السيـات (from) the evils.
ومن And whoever
تق you protect
السيـات (from) the evils
يوْمئذٌ that Day,
فقدْ then verily
رحمْتهُ You have bestowed mercy on him.
وذلك And that
هُو [it]
الْفوْزُ (is) the success,
الْعظيمُ the great."

And shield them from the evil deeds. Whomever You shield from the evil deeds, on that Day, You have had mercy on him. That is the supreme achievement.”

Movement 2 * Verses 10–20 Section 2 of 9

Section 2: Verses 10–20

Thematic progression across verses 10–20

40:10 Juz 24 * Page 468

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُنَادَوۡنَ لَمَقۡتُ ٱللَّهِ أَكۡبَرُ مِن مَّقۡتِكُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ إِذۡ تُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ فَتَكۡفُرُونَ 10

Innal lazeena kafaroo yunaadawna lamaqtul laahi akbaru mim maqtikum anfusakum iz tud'awna ilal eemaani fatakfuroon

إن Indeed,
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieved
يُنادوْن will be cried out to them,
لمقْتُ "Certainly Allah's hatred
الله "Certainly Allah's hatred
أكْبرُ (was) greater
من than
مقْتكُمْ your hatred
أنفُسكُمْ (of) yourselves
إذْ when
تُدْعوْن you were called
إلى to
الْإيمن the faith,
فتكْفُرُون and you disbelieved.

Those who disbelieved will be addressed, “The loathing of God is greater than your loathing of yourselves—for you were invited to the faith, but you refused.”

40:11 Juz 24 * Page 468

قَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ وَأَحۡيَيۡتَنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ فَٱعۡتَرَفۡنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلۡ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجࣲ مِّن سَبِيلࣲ‏ 11

Qaaloo Rabbanaaa amat tanasnataini wa ahyaitanas nataini fa'tarafnaa bizunoo binaa fahal ilaa khuroojim min sabeel

قالُوا They (will) say,
ربنا "Our Lord!
أمتنا You gave us death
اثْنتيْن twice
وأحْييْتنا and You gave us life
اثْنتيْن twice,
فاعْترفْنا and we confess
بذُنُوبنا our sins.
فهلْ So is (there)
إلى to
خُرُوجٌ get out
من any
سبيلٌ way?"

They will say, “Our Lord, you made us die twice, and twice you gave us life. Now we acknowledge our sins. Is there any way out?”

40:12 Juz 24 * Page 468

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَحۡدَهُۥ كَفَرۡتُمۡ وَإِن يُشۡرَكۡ بِهِۦ تُؤۡمِنُواْۚ فَٱلۡحُكۡمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡعَلِيِّ ٱلۡكَبِيرِ 12

Zaalikum bi annahooo izaa du'iyal laahu wahdahoo kafartum wa iny yushrak bihee tu'minoo; falhukmu lillaahil 'Aliyyil Kabeer

ذلكُم "That
بأنهُ (is) because,
إذا when
دُعى Allah was invoked
اللهُ Allah was invoked
وحْدهُ Alone
كفرْتُمْ you disbelieved;
وإن but if
يُشْركْ (others) were associated
به with Him,
تُؤْمنُوا you believed.
فالْحُكْمُ So the judgment
لله (is) with Allah,
الْعلى the Most High,
الْكبير the Most Great."

That is because when God alone was called upon, you disbelieved; but when others were associated with Him, you believed. Judgment rests with God the Sublime, the Majestic

40:13 Juz 24 * Page 468

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقࣰ اۚ وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا مَن يُنِيبُ 13

Huwal lazee yureekum Aayaatihee wa yunazzilu lakum minas samaaa'i rizqaa; wa maa tatazakkaru illaa mai yuneeb

هُو He
الذى (is) the One Who
يُريكُمْ shows you
ءايته His Signs
ويُنزلُ and sends down
لكُم for you
من from
السماء the sky
رزْقًا provision.
وما But (does) not
يتذكرُ take heed
إلا except
من (one) who
يُنيبُ turns.

It is He who shows you His wonders, and sends down sustenance from the sky for you. But none pays heed except the repentant

40:14 Juz 24 * Page 468

فَٱدۡعُواْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ 14

Fad'ul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena wa law karihal kaafiroon

فادْعُوا So invoke
الله Allah,
مُخْلصين (being) sincere
لهُ to Him
الدين (in) the religion,
ولوْ even though
كره dislike (it)
الْكفرُون the disbelievers.

So call upon God, with sincere devotion to Him, even though the disbelievers resent it

40:15 Juz 24 * Page 468

رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ يُلۡقِي ٱلرُّوحَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوۡمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ 15

Rafee'ud darajaati zul 'Arshi yulqir rooha min amrihee 'alaa mai yashaaa'u min 'ibaadihee liyunzira yawmat talaaq

رفيعُ Possessor of the Highest Ranks,
الدرجت Possessor of the Highest Ranks,
ذُو Owner (of) the Throne;
الْعرْش Owner (of) the Throne;
يُلْقى He places
الرُوح the inspiration
منْ of
أمْره His Command
على upon
من whom
يشاءُ He wills
منْ of
عباده His slaves,
ليُنذر to warn
يوْم (of the) Day
التلاق (of) the Meeting.

Exalted in rank, Owner of the Throne. He conveys the Spirit, by His command, upon whomever He wills of His servants, to warn of the Day of Encounter

40:16 Juz 24 * Page 468

يَوۡمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَۖ لَا يَخۡفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنۡهُمۡ شَيۡءࣱۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَۖ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡوَٰحِدِ ٱلۡقَهَّارِ 16

Yawma hum baarizoona laa yakhfaa 'alal laahi minhum shai; limanil mulkul Yawma lillaahil Waahidil Qahaar

يوْم (The) Day
هُم they
برزُون come forth,
لا not
يخْفى is hidden
على from
الله Allah
منْهُمْ about them
شىْء anything.
لمن For whom
الْمُلْكُ (is) the Dominion
الْيوْم this Day?
لله For Allah
الْوحد the One,
الْقهار the Irresistible.

The Day when they will emerge, nothing about them will be concealed from God. “To whom does the sovereignty belong today?” “To God, the One, the Irresistible.”

40:17 Juz 24 * Page 469
Warfare & Treaty

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡۚ لَا ظُلۡمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ 17

Al-Yawma tujzaa kullu nafsim bimaa kasabat; laa zulmal Yawm; innal laaha saree'ul hisaab

الْيوْم This Day
تُجْزى will be recompensed
كُلُ every
نفْسٌ soul
بما for what
كسبتْ it earned.
لا No
ظُلْم injustice
الْيوْم today!
إن Indeed,
الله Allah
سريعُ (is) Swift
الْحساب (in) Account.

On that Day, every soul will be recompensed for what it had earned. There will be no injustice on that Day. God is quick to settle accounts

40:18 Juz 24 * Page 469

وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلۡحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَۚ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنۡ حَمِيمࣲ وَلَا شَفِيعࣲ يُطَاعُ 18

Wa anzirhum yawmal aazifati izil quloobu ladal hanaajiri kaazimeen; maa lizzaalimeena min hameeminw wa laa shafee'iny-yutaa

وأنذرْهُمْ And warn them
يوْم (of the) Day
الْءازفة the Approaching,
إذ when
الْقُلُوبُ the hearts
لدى (are) at
الْحناجر the throats,
كظمين choked.
ما Not
للظلمين for the wrongdoers
منْ any
حميمٌ intimate friend
ولا and no
شفيعٌ intercessor
يُطاعُ (who) is obeyed.

And warn them of the Day of Imminence, when the hearts are at the throats, choking them. The evildoers will have no intimate friend, and no intercessor to be obeyed

40:19 Juz 24 * Page 469

يَعۡلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلۡأَعۡيُنِ وَمَا تُخۡفِي ٱلصُّدُورُ 19

Ya'lamu khaaa'inatal a'yuni wa maa tukhfis sudoor

يعْلمُ He knows
خائنة (the) stealthy glance
الْأعْيُن (the) stealthy glance
وما and what
تُخْفى conceal
الصُدُورُ the breasts.

He knows the deceptions of the eyes, and what the hearts conceal

40:20 Juz 24 * Page 469
Justice & Testimony

وَٱللَّهُ يَقۡضِي بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقۡضُونَ بِشَيۡءٍۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ 20

Wallaahu yaqdee bilhaqq, wallazeena yad'oona min doonihee laa yaqdoona bishai'; innal laaha Huwas Samee'ul Baseer

واللهُ And Allah
يقْضى judges
بالْحق in truth,
والذين while those (whom)
يدْعُون they invoke
من besides Him
دُونه besides Him
لا not
يقْضُون they judge
بشىْءٌ with anything.
إن Indeed,
الله Allah -
هُو He
السميعُ (is) the All-Hearer,
الْبصيرُ the All-Seer.

God judges with justice, while those whom they invoke besides Him cannot judge with anything. It is God who is the Hearing, the Seeing

Movement 3 * Verses 21–27 Section 3 of 9

Section 3: Verses 21–27

Thematic progression across verses 21–27

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۞أَوَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةࣰ وَءَاثَارࣰ ا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقࣲ‏ 21

Awalam yaseeroo fil ardi fa yanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul lazeena kaanoo min qablihim; kaanoo hum ashadda minhum quwwatanw wa aasaaran fil ardi fa akhazahumul laahu bizunoobihim wa maa kaana lahum minal laahi minw waaq

أولمْ Do not
يسيرُوا they travel
فى in
الْأرْض the earth
فينظُرُوا and see
كيْف how
كان was
عقبةُ (the) end
الذين (of) those who
كانُوا were
من before them?
قبْلهمْ before them?
كانُوا They were
هُمْ [they]
أشد superior
منْهُمْ to them
قُوةً (in) strength
وءاثارًا and (in) impressions
فى in
الْأرْض the land,
فأخذهُمُ but Allah seized them
اللهُ but Allah seized them
بذُنُوبهمْ for their sins,
وما and not
كان was
لهُم for them
من against
الله Allah
من any
واقٌ protector.

Have they not travelled through the earth, and seen the consequences for those before them? They were stronger than them, and they left more impact on earth. But God seized them for their sins, and they had no defender against God

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُوٓاْ أَكۡثَرَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةࣰ وَءَاثَارࣰ ا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

Shares 10 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

۞أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا

Shares 8 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

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ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانَت تَّأۡتِيهِمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُواْ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِيࣱّ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ 22

Zaalika bi annahum kaanat taateehim Rusuluhum bilbaiyinaati fakafaroo fa akhazahumul laah; innahoo qawiyyun shadeedul 'iqaab

ذلك That
بأنهُمْ (was) because [they]
كانت used to come to them
تأْتيهمْ used to come to them
رُسُلُهُم their Messengers
بالْبينت with clear proofs
فكفرُوا but they disbelieved,
فأخذهُمُ So Allah seized them.
اللهُ So Allah seized them.
إنهُ Indeed, He
قوى (is) All-Strong,
شديدُ severe
الْعقاب (in) punishment.

That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so God seized them. He is Strong, Severe in retribution

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

مَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ كَيۡ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةَۢ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡأَغۡنِيَآءِ مِنكُمۡۚ وَمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمۡ عَنۡهُ فَٱنتَهُواْۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ

Shares 8 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

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وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ 23

Wa laqad arsalnaa Moosaa bi Aayaatinaa wa sultaanim mubeen

ولقدْ And certainly,
أرْسلْنا We sent
مُوسى Musa
بـايتنا with Our Signs
وسُلْطنٌ and an authority
مُبينٌ clear,

We sent Moses with Our signs, and a clear authority

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إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَقَٰرُونَ فَقَالُواْ سَٰحِرࣱ كَذَّابࣱ‏ 24

Ilaa Fir'awna wa Haamaana qa Qaaroona faqaaloo saahirun kazzaab

إلى To
فرْعوْن Firaun,
وهمن Haman
وقرُون and Qarun,
فقالُوا but they said,
سحر "A magician,
كذاب a liar."

To Pharaoh, Hamaan, and Quaroon. But they said, “A lying sorcerer.”

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ مِنۡ عِندِنَا قَالُواْ ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَبۡنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسۡتَحۡيُواْ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ وَمَا كَيۡدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ‏ 25

Falamuna jaaa'ahum bil haqqi min 'indinaa qaaluq tulooo abnaaa'al lazeena aamanoo ma'ahoo wastahyoo nisaaa'ahum; wa maa kaidul kaafireena illaa fee dalaal

فلما Then when
جاءهُم he brought to them
بالْحق the truth
منْ from
عندنا Us
قالُوا they said,
اقْتُلُوا "Kill
أبْناء (the) sons
الذين (of) those who
ءامنُوا believe
معهُ with him,
واسْتحْيُوا and let live
نساءهُمْ their women."
وما And not
كيْدُ (is the) plot
الْكفرين (of) the disbelievers
إلا but
فى in
ضللٌ error.

Then, when he came to them with the truth from Us, they said, “Kill the sons of those who have believed with him, and spare their daughters.” But the scheming of the unbelievers can only go astray

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وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ذَرُونِيٓ أَقۡتُلۡ مُوسَىٰ وَلۡيَدۡعُ رَبَّهُۥٓۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمۡ أَوۡ أَن يُظۡهِرَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡفَسَادَ 26

Wa qaala Fir'awnu zarooneee aqtul Moosaa walyad'u Rabbahoo inneee akhaafu ai yubaddila deenakum aw ai yuzhira fil ardil fasaad

وقال And said
فرْعوْنُ Firaun,
ذرُونى "Leave me
أقْتُلْ (so that) I kill
مُوسى Musa
ولْيدْعُ and let him call
ربهُ his Lord.
إنى Indeed, I
أخافُ [I] fear
أن that
يُبدل he will change
دينكُمْ your religion
أوْ or
أن that
يُظْهر he may cause to appear
فى in
الْأرْض the land
الْفساد the corruption."

Pharaoh said, “Leave me to kill Moses, and let him appeal to his Lord. I fear he may change your religion, or spread disorder in the land.”

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وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرࣲ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ 27

Wa qaala Moosaaaa innee 'uztu bi Rabbee wa Rabbikum min kulli mutakabbiril laayu'minu bi Yawmil Hisaab

وقال And said
مُوسى Musa,
إنى "Indeed, I
عُذْتُ [I] seek refuge
بربى in my Lord
وربكُم and your Lord
من from
كُل every
مُتكبرٌ arrogant one
لا not
يُؤْمنُ who believes
بيوْم (in the) Day
الْحساب (of) the Account."

Moses said, “I have sought the protection of my Lord and your Lord, from every tyrant who does not believe in the Day of Account.”

Movement 4 * Verses 28–37 Section 4 of 9

Section 4: Verses 28–37

Thematic progression across verses 28–37

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وَقَالَ رَجُلࣱ مُّؤۡمِنࣱ مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَكۡتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقۡتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبࣰ ا فَعَلَيۡهِ كَذِبُهُۥۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقࣰ ا يُصِبۡكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي يَعِدُكُمۡۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَنۡ هُوَ مُسۡرِفࣱ كَذَّابࣱ‏ 28

Wa qaala rajulum mu'minummin Aali Fir'awna yaktumu eemaanahooo ataqtuloona rajulan ai yaqoola Rabbi yal laahu wa qad jaaa'akum bil haiyinaati mir Rabbikum wa iny yaku kaaziban fa'alaihi kazi buhoo wa iny yaku saadiqany yasibkum ba'dul lazee ya'idukum innal laaha laa yahdee man huwa musrifun kaazaab

وقال And said
رجُل a man,
مُؤْمن believing,
منْ from
ءال (the) family
فرْعوْن (of) Firaun
يكْتُمُ who conceal(ed)
إيمنهُ his faith,
أتقْتُلُون "Will you kill
رجُلًا a man
أن because
يقُول he says,
ربى "My Lord
اللهُ (is) Allah,"
وقدْ and indeed
جاءكُم he has brought you
بالْبينت clear proofs
من from
ربكُمْ your Lord?
وإن And if
يكُ he is
كذبًا a liar,
فعليْه then upon him
كذبُهُ (is) his lie;
وإن and if
يكُ he is
صادقًا truthful,
يُصبْكُم (there) will strike you
بعْضُ some (of)
الذى (that) which
يعدُكُمْ he threatens you.
إن Indeed,
الله Allah
لا (does) not
يهْدى guide
منْ (one) who
هُو [he]
مُسْرف (is) a transgressor,
كذاب a liar.

A believing man from Pharaoh's family, who had concealed his faith, said, “Are you going to kill a man for saying, `My Lord is God,’ and he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, his lying will rebound upon him; but if he is truthful, then some of what he promises you will befall you. God does not guide the extravagant imposter

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يَٰقَوۡمِ لَكُمُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأۡسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَاۚ قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمۡ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهۡدِيكُمۡ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ 29

Yaa qawmi lakumul mulkul yawma zaahireena fil ardi famai yansurunaa mim baasil laahi in jaaa'anaa; qaala Fir'awnu maaa ureekum illaa maaa araa wa maaa ahdeekum illaa sabeelar Rashaad

يقوْمـ O my people!
لكُمُ For you
الْمُلْكُ (is) the kingdom
الْيوْم today,
ظهرين dominant
فى in
الْأرْض the land,
فمن but who
ينصُرُنا will help us
من from
بأْس (the) punishment
الله (of) Allah,
إن if
جاءنا it came to us."
قال Said
فرْعوْنُ Firaun,
ما "Not
أُريكُمْ I show you
إلا except
ما what
أرى I see
وما and not
أهْديكُمْ I guide you
إلا except
سبيل (to the) path
الرشاد the right."

O my people! Yours is the dominion today, supreme in the land; but who will help us against God’s might, should it fall upon us?” Pharaoh said, “I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the path of prudence.”

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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُم مِّثۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ 30

Wa qaalal lazee aamana yaa qawmi inneee akhaafu 'alaikum misla yawmil Ahzaab

وقال And said
الذى (he) who
ءامن believed,
يقوْمـ "O my people!
إنى Indeed I,
أخافُ [I] fear
عليْكُم for you
مثْل like
يوْم (the) day
الْأحْزاب (of) the companies,

The one who had believed said, “O my people, I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates

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مِثۡلَ دَأۡبِ قَوۡمِ نُوحࣲ وَعَادࣲ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۚ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلۡمࣰ ا لِّلۡعِبَادِ 31

Misla daabi qawmi Noohinw wa 'aadinw wa Samooda wallazeena mim ba'dihim; wa mal laahu yureedu zulmal lil'ibaad

مثْل Like
دأْب (the) plight
قوْم (of the) people
نُوحٌ (of) Nuh
وعادٌ and Aad
وثمُود and Thamud
والذين and those
من after them.
بعْدهمْ after them.
وما And Allah (does) not
اللهُ And Allah (does) not
يُريدُ want
ظُلْمًا injustice
للْعباد for (His) slaves.

Like the fate of the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood, and those after them. God wants no injustice for the servants

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وَيَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ 32

Wa yaa qawmi inneee akhaafu 'alaikum yawmat tanaad

ويقوْمـ And O my people!
إنى Indeed, I
أخافُ [I] fear
عليْكُمْ for you
يوْم (the) Day
التناد (of) Calling,

O my people, I fear for you the Day of Calling Out

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يَوۡمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدۡبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۡ عَاصِمࣲۗ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادࣲ‏ 33

Yawma tuwalloona mud bireena maa lakum minal laahi min 'aasim; wa mai yudlilil laahu famaa lahoo min haad

يوْم A Day
تُولُون you will turn back
مُدْبرين fleeing;
ما not
لكُم for you
من from
الله Allah
منْ any
عاصمٌ protector.
ومن And whoever
يُضْلل Allah lets go astray,
اللهُ Allah lets go astray,
فما then not
لهُ for him
منْ any
هادٌ guide.

The Day when you will turn and flee, having no defender against God. Whomever God misguides has no guide.”

40:34 Juz 24 * Page 471

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبۡلُ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا زِلۡتُمۡ فِي شَكࣲّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلۡتُمۡ لَن يَبۡعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ رَسُولࣰ اۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنۡ هُوَ مُسۡرِفࣱ مُّرۡتَابٌ 34

Wa laqad jaaa'akum Yoosufu min qablu bil baiyinaati famaa ziltum fee shakkim mimaa jaaa'akum bihee hattaaa izaa halaka qultum lai yab asal laahu mim ba'dihee Rasoolaa; kazaalika yudillul laahu man huwa Musrifum murtaab

ولقدْ And indeed,
جاءكُمْ came to you
يُوسُفُ Yusuf
من before
قبْلُ before
بالْبينت with clear proofs,
فما but not
زلْتُمْ you ceased
فى in
شكٌ doubt
مما about what
جاءكُم he brought to you
به [with it],
حتى until
إذا when
هلك he died,
قُلْتُمْ you said,
لن "Never
يبْعث will Allah raise
اللهُ will Allah raise
من after him
بعْده after him
رسُولًا a Messenger."
كذلك Thus,
يُضلُ Allah lets go astray
اللهُ Allah lets go astray
منْ who
هُو [he]
مُسْرف (is) a transgressor,
مُرْتاب a doubter."

Joseph had come to you with clear revelations, but you continued to doubt what he came to you with. Until, when he perished, you said, “God will never send a messenger after him.” Thus God leads astray the outrageous skeptic

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ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ سُلۡطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمۡۖ كَبُرَ مَقۡتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطۡبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلۡبِ مُتَكَبِّرࣲ جَبَّارࣲ‏ 35

Allazeena yujaadiloona feee Aaayaatil laahi bighairi sultaanin ataahum kabura maqtan 'indal laahi wa 'indal lazeena aamanoo; kazaalika yatha'ul laahu 'alaa kulli qalbi mutakabbirin jabbaar

الذين Those who
يُجدلُون dispute
فى concerning
ءايت (the) Signs
الله (of) Allah
بغيْر without
سُلْطنٌ any authority
أتىهُمْ (having) come to them,
كبُر (it) is greatly
مقْتًا hateful
عند near Allah
الله near Allah
وعند and near
الذين those
ءامنُوا who believe.
كذلك Thus
يطْبعُ Allah sets a seal
اللهُ Allah sets a seal
على over
كُل every
قلْب heart
مُتكبرٌ (of) an arrogant
جبارٌ tyrant."

Those who argue against God’s revelations, without any proof having come to them—a heinous sin in the sight of God, and of those who believe. Thus God seals the heart of every proud bully

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ سُلۡطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمۡ إِن فِي صُدُورِهِمۡ إِلَّا كِبۡرࣱ مَّا هُم بِبَٰلِغِيهِۚ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ

Shares 7 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

40:36 Juz 24 * Page 471

وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبۡنِ لِي صَرۡحࣰ ا لَّعَلِّيٓ أَبۡلُغُ ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبَ 36

Wa qaala Fir'awnu yaa Haamaanub-ni lee sarhal la'alleee ablughul asbaab

وقال And said
فرْعوْنُ Firaun,
يهمنُ "O Haman!
ابْن Construct
لى for me
صرْحًا a tower
لعلى that I may
أبْلُغُ reach
الْأسْبب the ways

And Pharaoh said, “O Hamaan, build me a tower, that I may reach the pathways

40:37 Juz 24 * Page 471

أَسۡبَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَٰذِبࣰ اۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۚ وَمَا كَيۡدُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِلَّا فِي تَبَابࣲ‏ 37

Asbaabas samaawaati faattali'a ilaaa ilaahi Moosaa wa innee la azunnuhoo kaazibaa; wa kazaalika zuyyina li-Fir'awna sooo'u 'amalihee wa sudda 'anis sabeel; wa maa kaidu Fir'awna illaa fee tabaab

أسْبب (The) ways
السموت (to) the heavens
فأطلع so I may look
إلى at
إله (the) God
مُوسى (of) Musa;
وإنى and indeed, I
لأظُنُهُ [I] surely think him
كذبًا (to be) a liar."
وكذلك And thus
زُين was made fair-seeming
لفرْعوْن to Firaun
سُوءُ (the) evil
عمله (of) his deed,
وصُد and he was averted
عن from
السبيل the way.
وما And not
كيْدُ (was the) plot
فرْعوْن (of) Firaun
إلا except
فى in
تبابٌ ruin.

The pathways of the heavens, so that I may glance at the God of Moses; though I think he is lying.” Thus Pharaoh’s evil deeds were made to appear good to him, and he was averted from the path. Pharaoh's guile was only in defeat

Movement 5 * Verses 38–50 Section 5 of 9

Section 5: Verses 38–50

Thematic progression across verses 38–50

40:38 Juz 24 * Page 471

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱتَّبِعُونِ أَهۡدِكُمۡ سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ 38

Wa qaalal lazeee aamana yaa qawmit tabi'ooni ahdikum sabeelar rashaad

وقال And said
الذى the one who
ءامن believed,
يقوْمـ "O my people!
اتبعُون Follow me;
أهْدكُمْ I will guide you
سبيل (to the) way,
الرشاد the right.

The one who had believed said, “O my people, follow me, and I will guide you to the path of rectitude.”

40:39 Juz 24 * Page 471

يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَتَٰعࣱ وَإِنَّ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ ٱلۡقَرَارِ 39

Yaa qawmi innamaa haazihil hayaatud dunyaa mataa'unw wa innal Aakhirata hiya daarul qaraar

يقوْمـ O my people!
إنما Only
هذه this,
الْحيوةُ the life
الدُنْيا (of) the world,
متع (is) enjoyment,
وإن and indeed,
الْءاخرة the Hereafter -
هى it
دارُ (is the) home,
الْقرار (of) settlement.

“O my people, the life of this world is nothing but fleeting enjoyment, but the Hereafter is the Home of Permanence

40:40 Juz 24 * Page 471

مَنۡ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةࣰ فَلَا يُجۡزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثۡلَهَاۖ وَمَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحࣰ ا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنࣱ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ يُرۡزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابࣲ‏ 40

Man 'amila saiyi'atan falaa yujzaaa illaa mislahaa wa man 'amila saaliham min zakarin aw unsaa wa huwa mu'minun fa ulaaa'ika yadkhuloonal Jannata yurzaqoona feehaa bighairi hisaab

منْ Whoever
عمل does
سيئةً an evil
فلا then not
يُجْزى he will be recompensed
إلا but
مثْلها (the) like thereof;
ومنْ and whoever
عمل does
صلحًا righteous (deeds),
من of
ذكرٌ male
أوْ or
أُنثى female,
وهُو while he
مُؤْمن (is) a believer,
فأُولئك then those
يدْخُلُون will enter
الْجنة Paradise,
يُرْزقُون they will be given provision
فيها in it
بغيْر without
حسابٌ account.

Whoever commits a sin will be repaid only with its like. But whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer—these will enter Paradise, where they will be provided for without account

40:41 Juz 24 * Page 472

۞وَيَٰقَوۡمِ مَا لِيٓ أَدۡعُوكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ وَتَدۡعُونَنِيٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ 41

Wa yaa qawmi maa leee ad'ookum ilan najaati wa tad'oonaneee ilan Naar

ويقوْمـ And O my people!
ما What (is)
لى for me
أدْعُوكُمْ (that) I call you
إلى to
النجوة the salvation
وتدْعُوننى while you call me
إلى to
النار the Fire!

O my people, how is it that I call you to salvation, and you call me to the Fire

40:42 Juz 24 * Page 472

تَدۡعُونَنِي لِأَكۡفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشۡرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِهِۦ عِلۡمࣱ وَأَنَا۠ أَدۡعُوكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرِ 42

Tad'oonanee li-akfura billaahi wa ushrika bihee maa laisa lee bihee 'ilmunw wa ana ad'ookum ilal'Azeezil Ghaffaar

تدْعُوننى You call me
لأكْفُر that I disbelieve
بالله in Allah
وأُشْرك and (to) associate
به with Him
ما what
ليْس not
لى for me
به of it
علْم any knowledge,
وأنا and I
أدْعُوكُمْ call you
إلى to
الْعزيز the All-Mighty,
الْغفر the Oft-Forgiving.

You call me to reject God, and to associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I call you to the Mighty Forgiver

40:43 Juz 24 * Page 472

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدۡعُونَنِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَعۡوَةࣱ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ 43

Laa jarama annamaa tad'oonanee ilaihi laisa lahoo da'watun fid dunyaa wa laa fil Aakhirati wa anna maraddanaaa ilal laahi wa annal musrifeenahum Ashaabun Naar

لا No
جرم doubt
أنما that what
تدْعُوننى you call me
إليْه to it
ليْس not
لهُ for it
دعْوة a claim
فى in
الدُنْيا the world
ولا and not
فى in
الْءاخرة the Hereafter;
وأن and that
مردنا our return
إلى (is) to
الله Allah,
وأن and that
الْمُسْرفين the transgressors -
هُمْ they
أصْحبُ (will be the) companions
النار (of) the Fire.

Without a doubt, what you call me to has no say in this world, or in the Hereafter; and our turning back is to God; and the transgressors are the inmates of the Fire

40:44 Juz 24 * Page 472

فَسَتَذۡكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمۡرِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرُۢ بِٱلۡعِبَادِ 44

Fasatazkuroona maaa aqoolu lakum; wa ufawwidu amreee ilal laah; innallaaha baseerum bil'ibaad

فستذْكُرُون And you will remember
ما what
أقُولُ I say
لكُمْ to you,
وأُفوضُ and I entrust
أمْرى my affair
إلى to
الله Allah.
إن Indeed,
الله Allah
بصير (is) All-Seer
بالْعباد of (His) slaves."

You will remember what I am telling you, so I commit my case to God. God is Observant of the servants.”

40:45 Juz 24 * Page 472

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُواْۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ 45

Fa waqaahul laahu saiyiaati maa makaroo wa haaqa bi Aali-Fir'awna sooo'ul 'azaab

فوقىهُ So Allah protected him
اللهُ So Allah protected him
سيـات (from the) evils
ما that
مكرُوا they plotted,
وحاق and enveloped
بـال (the) people
فرْعوْن (of) Firaun
سُوءُ (the) worst
الْعذاب punishment,

So God protected him from the evils of their scheming, while a terrible torment besieged Pharaoh’s clan

40:46 Juz 24 * Page 472

ٱلنَّارُ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَيۡهَا غُدُوࣰّ ا وَعَشِيࣰّ اۚ وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡخِلُوٓاْ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلۡعَذَابِ 46

An Naaru yu'radoona 'alaihaa ghuduwwanw wa 'ashiyyanw wa Yawma taqoomus Saa'aatu adkhilooo Aala Fir'awna ashaddal 'azaab

النارُ The Fire;
يُعْرضُون they are exposed
عليْها to it
غُدُوًا morning
وعشيًا and evening.
ويوْم And (the) Day
تقُومُ (will be) established
الساعةُ the Hour,
أدْخلُوا "Cause to enter
ءال (the) people
فرْعوْن (of) Firaun
أشد (in the) severest
الْعذاب punishment."

The Fire. They will be exposed to it morning and evening. And on the Day the Hour takes place: “Admit the clan of Pharaoh to the most intense agony.”

40:47 Juz 24 * Page 472

وَإِذۡ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُاْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمۡ تَبَعࣰ ا فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّغۡنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ 47

Wa iz yatahaaajjoona fin Naari fa-yaqoolud du'afaaa'u lillazeenas takbarooo innaa kunnaa lakum taba'an fahal antum mughnoona annaa naseebam minan Naar

وإذْ And when
يتحاجُون they will dispute
فى in
النار the Fire,
فيقُولُ then will say
الضُعفؤُا the weak
للذين to those who
اسْتكْبرُوا were arrogant,
إنا "Indeed, we
كُنا [we] were
لكُمْ for you
تبعًا followers,
فهلْ so can
أنتُم you
مُغْنُون avert
عنا from us
نصيبًا a portion
من of
النار the Fire?"

As they quarrel in the Fire, the weak will say to those who were arrogant, “We were followers of yours; will you then spare us a portion of the Fire?”

40:48 Juz 24 * Page 472

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُلࣱّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ حَكَمَ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡعِبَادِ 48

Qaalal lazeenas takbarooo innaa kullun feehaaa innal laaha qad hakama baynal'ibaad

قال Will say
الذين those who
اسْتكْبرُوا (were) arrogant,
إنا "Indeed, we
كُل all
فيها (are) in it.
إن Indeed,
الله Allah
قدْ certainly
حكم has judged
بيْن between
الْعباد (His) slaves"

Those who were arrogant will say, “We are all in it; God has judged between the servants.”

40:49 Juz 24 * Page 472

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدۡعُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ يُخَفِّفۡ عَنَّا يَوۡمࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ 49

Wa qaalal lazena fin Naari likhazanati Jahannamad-'oo Rabbakum yukhaffif 'annaa yawmam minal 'azaab

وقال And will say
الذين those
فى in
النار the Fire
لخزنة to (the) keepers
جهنم (of) Hell,
ادْعُوا "Call
ربكُمْ your Lord
يُخففْ (to) lighten
عنا for us
يوْمًا a day
من of
الْعذاب the punishment."

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, “Call to your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day.”

40:50 Juz 24 * Page 473

قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ تَكُ تَأۡتِيكُمۡ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰۚ قَالُواْ فَٱدۡعُواْۗ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٍ 50

Qaalooo awalam taku taateekum Rusulukum bilbaiyinaati qaaloo balaa' qaaloo fad'oo; wa maa du'aaa'ul kaafireena illaa fee dalaal

قالُوا They (will) say,
أولمْ "Did there not
تكُ "Did there not
تأْتيكُمْ come to you
رُسُلُكُم your Messengers
بالْبينت with clear proofs?"
قالُوا They (will) say,
بلى "Yes."
قالُوا They (will) say,
فادْعُوا "Then call,
وما but not
دُعؤُا (is the) call
الْكفرين (of) the disbelievers
إلا except
فى in
ضللٌ error."

They will say, “Did not your messengers come to you with clear signs?” They will say, “Yes.” They will say, “Then pray, but the prayers of the disbelievers will always be in vain.”

Movement 6 * Verses 51–60 Section 6 of 9

Section 6: Verses 51–60

Thematic progression across verses 51–60

40:51 Juz 24 * Page 473
Contracts & Debt

إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلۡأَشۡهَٰدُ 51

Innaa lanansuru Rusulanaa wallazeena aamanoo fil hayaatid dunyaa wa Yawma yaqoomul ashhaad

إنا Indeed We,
لننصُرُ We will surely help
رُسُلنا Our Messengers
والذين and those who
ءامنُوا believe
فى in
الْحيوة the life
الدُنْيا (of) the world
ويوْم and (on the) Day
يقُومُ (when) will stand
الْأشْهدُ the witnesses,

Most surely We will support Our messengers and those who believe, in this life, and on the Day the witnesses arise

40:52 Juz 24 * Page 473

يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعۡذِرَتُهُمۡۖ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعۡنَةُ وَلَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ 52

Yawma laa yanfa'uz zaalimeena ma'ziratuhum wa lahumul la'natu wa lahum soooud daar

يوْم (The) Day
لا not
ينفعُ will benefit
الظلمين the wrongdoers
معْذرتُهُمْ their excuse,
ولهُمُ and for them
اللعْنةُ (is) the curse
ولهُمْ and for them
سُوءُ (is the) worst
الدار home.

The Day when their excuses will not profit the wrongdoers, and the curse will be upon them, and they will have the Home of Misery

40:53 Juz 24 * Page 473

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ 53

Wa laqad aatainaa Moosal hudaa wa awrasnaa Baneee Israaa 'eelal Kitaab

ولقدْ And certainly,
ءاتيْنا We gave
مُوسى Musa
الْهُدى the guidance
وأوْرثْنا and We caused to inherit
بنى (the) Children of Israel
إسْرءيل (the) Children of Israel
الْكتب the Book,

We gave Moses guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture

40:54 Juz 24 * Page 473

هُدࣰ ى وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ 54

Hudanw wa zikraa li ulil albaab

هُدًى A guide
وذكْرى and a reminder
لأُولى for those
الْألْبب (of) understanding.

A guide and a reminder for those endowed with reason

40:55 Juz 24 * Page 473

فَٱصۡبِرۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقࣱّ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِبۡكَٰرِ 55

Fasbir inna wa'dal laahi haqqunw wastaghfir lizambika wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika bil'ashiyyi wal ibkaar

فاصْبرْ So be patient;
إن indeed,
وعْد (the) Promise of Allah
الله (the) Promise of Allah
حق (is) true.
واسْتغْفرْ And ask forgiveness
لذنبك for your sin
وسبحْ and glorify
بحمْد (the) praise
ربك (of) your Lord
بالْعشى in the evening
والْإبْكر and the morning.

So be patient. The promise of God is true. And ask forgiveness for your sin, and proclaim the praise of your Lord evening and morning

40:56 Juz 24 * Page 473

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ سُلۡطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمۡ إِن فِي صُدُورِهِمۡ إِلَّا كِبۡرࣱ مَّا هُم بِبَٰلِغِيهِۚ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ 56

Innal lazeena yujaadi loona feee Aayaatil laahi bighairi sultaanin ataahum in fee sudoorihim illaa kibrum maa hum bibaaligheeh; fasta'iz billaahi innahoo Huwas Samee'ul Baseer

إن Indeed,
الذين those who
يُجدلُون dispute
فى concerning
ءايت (the) Signs
الله (of) Allah
بغيْر without
سُلْطنٌ any authority
أتىهُمْ (which) came to them,
إن not
فى (is) in
صُدُورهمْ their breasts
إلا but
كبْر greatness,
ما not
هُم they
ببلغيه (can) reach it.
فاسْتعذْ So seek refuge
بالله in Allah.
إنهُ Indeed He,
هُو He
السميعُ (is) the All-Hearer
الْبصيرُ the All-Seer.

Those who dispute regarding God’s revelations without any authority having come to them—there is nothing in their hearts but the feeling of greatness, which they will never attain. So seek refuge in God; for He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing

40:57 Juz 24 * Page 473

لَخَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ خَلۡقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ 57

Lakhalqus samaawaati wal ardi akbaru min khalqin naasi wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon

لخلْقُ Surely, (the) creation
السموت (of) the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth
أكْبرُ (is) greater
منْ than
خلْق (the) creation
الناس (of) the mankind,
ولكن but
أكْثر most
الناس (of) the people
لا (do) not
يعْلمُون know.

Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of humanity, but most people do not know

40:58 Juz 24 * Page 473

وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلۡمُسِيٓءُۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ 58

Wa maa yastawil a'maa walbaseeru wallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati wa lal museee'; qaleelam maa tatazakkaroon

وما And not
يسْتوى (are) equal
الْأعْمى the blind
والْبصيرُ and the seeing
والذين and those who
ءامنُوا believe
وعملُوا and do
الصلحت righteous deeds
ولا and not
الْمُسىءُ the evildoer.
قليلًا Little
ما (is) what
تتذكرُون you take heed.

Not equal are the blind and the seeing. Nor are those who believe and work righteousness equal to the sinners. How little you reflect

40:59 Juz 24 * Page 474

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةࣱ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ 59

Innas Saa'ata la aatiyatul laa raiba feehaa wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa yu'minoon

إن Indeed,
الساعة the Hour
لءاتية (is) surely coming,
لا no
ريْب doubt
فيها in it,
ولكن but
أكْثر most
الناس (of) the people
لا (do) not
يُؤْمنُون believe.

Indeed, the Hour is coming; there is no doubt about it; but most people do not believe

40:60 Juz 24 * Page 474

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدۡعُونِيٓ أَسۡتَجِبۡ لَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدۡخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ 60

Wa qaala Rabbukumud 'ooneee astajib lakum; innal lazeena yastakbiroona an 'ibaadatee sa yadkhuloona jahannama daakhireen

وقال And said
ربُكُمُ your Lord,
ادْعُونى "Call upon Me;
أسْتجبْ I will respond
لكُمْ to you.
إن Indeed,
الذين those who
يسْتكْبرُون (are) proud
عنْ to
عبادتى worship Me
سيدْخُلُون will enter
جهنم Hell
داخرين (in) humiliation."

Your Lord has said, “Pray to Me, and I will respond to you. But those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell forcibly.”

Movement 7 * Verses 61–68 Section 7 of 9

Section 7: Verses 61–68

Thematic progression across verses 61–68

40:61 Juz 24 * Page 474

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِتَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ 61

Allaahul lazee ja'ala lakumul laila litqaskunoo feehi wannahaara mubsiraa; innal laaha lazoo fadlin 'alan naasi wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa yashkuroon

اللهُ Allah
الذى (is) the One Who
جعل made
لكُمُ for you
اليْل the night
لتسْكُنُوا that you may rest
فيه in it,
والنهار and the day
مُبْصرًا giving visibility.
إن Indeed,
الله Allah
لذُو (is) Full (of) Bounty
فضْلٌ (is) Full (of) Bounty
على to
الناس the people,
ولكن but
أكْثر most
الناس (of) the people
لا (do) not
يشْكُرُون give thanks.

It is God Who made the night for you, that you may rest therein; and the day allowing sight. God is gracious towards the people, but most people do not give thanks

40:62 Juz 24 * Page 474

ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤۡفَكُونَ 62

Zaalikumul laahu Rabbukum khaaliqu kulli shai'; laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fa annaa tu'fakoon

ذلكُمُ That
اللهُ (is) Allah
ربُكُمْ your Lord,
خلقُ (the) Creator
كُل (of) all
شىْءٌ things,
لا (there is) no
إله god
إلا except
هُو Him.
فأنى So how
تُؤْفكُون are you deluded?

Such is God, your Lord, Creator of all things. There is no god except Him; so how could you turn away

40:63 Juz 24 * Page 474

كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤۡفَكُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجۡحَدُونَ 63

Kazaalika yu'fakul loazeena kaanoo bi Aayaatil laahi yajhadoon

كذلك Thus
يُؤْفكُ were deluded
الذين those who
كانُوا were -
بـايت (the) Signs
الله (of) Allah,
يجْحدُون rejecting.

Thus are turned away those who dispute the signs of God

40:64 Juz 24 * Page 474

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارࣰ ا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءࣰ وَصَوَّرَكُمۡ فَأَحۡسَنَ صُوَرَكُمۡ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡۖ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 64

Allaahul lazee ja'ala lakumul arda qaraaranw wassa maaa'a binaaa'anw wa sawwarakum fa ahsana suwarakum wa razaqakum minat taiyibaat; zaalikumul laahu Rabbukum fatabaarakal laahu Rabbul 'aalameen

اللهُ Allah
الذى (is) the One Who
جعل made
لكُمُ for you
الْأرْض the earth
قرارًا a place of settlement
والسماء and the sky
بناءً a canopy
وصوركُمْ and He formed you
فأحْسن and perfected
صُوركُمْ your forms,
ورزقكُم and provided you
من of
الطيبت the good things.
ذلكُمُ That
اللهُ (is) Allah,
ربُكُمْ your Lord.
فتبارك Then blessed (is)
اللهُ Allah,
ربُ (the) Lord
الْعلمين (of) the worlds.

It is God who made the earth a habitat for you, and the sky a structure. And He designed you, and designed you well; and He provided you with the good things. Such is God, your Lord; so Blessed is God, Lord of the Worlds

40:65 Juz 24 * Page 474

هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدۡعُوهُ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَۗ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 65

Huwal Hayyu laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fad'oohu mukh liseena lahudeen; alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen

هُو He
الْحىُ (is) the Ever-Living;
لا (there is) no
إله god
إلا but
هُو He,
فادْعُوهُ so call Him,
مُخْلصين (being) sincere
لهُ to Him
الدين (in) the religion.
الْحمْدُ All praise (be)
لله to Allah,
رب (the) Lord
الْعلمين (of) the worlds.

He is the Living One. There is no god except He. So pray to Him, devoting your religion to Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds

40:66 Juz 24 * Page 474

۞قُلۡ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَمَّا جَآءَنِيَ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ مِن رَّبِّي وَأُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أُسۡلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 66

Qul innee nuheetu an a'budal lazeena tad'oona min doonil laahi lammaa jaaa'a niyal biyinaatu mir Rabbee wa umirtu an uslima li Rabbil 'aalameen

قُلْ Say,
إنى "Indeed, I
نُهيتُ [I] have been forbidden
أنْ to
أعْبُد worship
الذين those whom
تدْعُون you call
من besides
دُون besides
الله Allah
لما when
جاءنى have come to me
الْبينتُ the clear proofs
من from
ربى my Lord,
وأُمرْتُ and I am commanded
أنْ to
أُسْلم submit
لرب to (the) Lord
الْعلمين (of) the worlds.

Say, “I was prohibited from worshiping those you invoke besides God, now that clear revelations have come to me from my Lord; and I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds.”

40:67 Juz 24 * Page 475

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابࣲ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةࣲ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةࣲ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلࣰ ا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُواْ شُيُوخࣰ اۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَجَلࣰ ا مُّسَمࣰّ ى وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ 67

Huwal lazee khalaqakum min turaabin summa min nutfatin summa min 'alaqatin summa yukhrijukum tiflan summa litablughooo ashuddakum summa litakoonoo shuyookhaa; wa minkum mai yutawaffaa min qablu wa litablughooo ajalam musam manw-wa la'allakum ta'qiloon

هُو He
الذى (is) the One Who
خلقكُم created you
من from
تُرابٌ dust,
ثُم then
من from
نُطْفةٌ a semen-drop,
ثُم then
منْ from
علقةٌ a clinging substance,
ثُم then
يُخْرجُكُمْ He brings you out
طفْلًا (as) a child;
ثُم then
لتبْلُغُوا lets you reach
أشُدكُمْ your maturity,
ثُم then
لتكُونُوا lets you become
شُيُوخًا old -
ومنكُم and among you
من (is he) who
يُتوفى dies
من before -
قبْلُ before -
ولتبْلُغُوا and lets you reach
أجلًا a term
مُسمًى specified,
ولعلكُمْ and that you may
تعْقلُون use reason.

It is He who created you from dust, then from a seed, then from an embryo, then He brings you out as an infant, then He lets you reach your maturity, then you become elderly—although some of you die sooner—so that you may reach a predetermined age, so that you may understand

40:68 Juz 24 * Page 475

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرࣰ ا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ 68

Huwal lazee yuhyee wa yumeetu fa izaa qadaaa amran fa innamaa yaqoolu lahoo kun fa yakon

هُو He
الذى (is) the One Who
يُحْى gives life
ويُميتُ and causes death.
فإذا And when
قضى He decrees
أمْرًا a matter,
فإنما then only
يقُولُ He says
لهُ to it,
كُن "Be,"
فيكُونُ and it is.

It is He who gives life and death; and when He decides on a thing, He just says to it, “Be,” and it comes to be

Movement 8 * Verses 69–78 Section 8 of 9

Section 8: Verses 69–78

Thematic progression across verses 69–78

40:69 Juz 24 * Page 475

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أَنَّىٰ يُصۡرَفُونَ 69

Alam tara ilal lazeena yujaadiloona feee Aayaatil laahi annaa yusrafoon

ألمْ Do not
تر you see
إلى [to]
الذين those who
يُجدلُون dispute
فى concerning
ءايت (the) Signs
الله (of) Allah?
أنى How
يُصْرفُون they are turned away?

Have you not observed those who dispute regarding God's revelations, how they have deviated

40:70 Juz 24 * Page 475

ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَبِمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا بِهِۦ رُسُلَنَاۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ 70

Allazeena kazzaboo bil Kitaabi wa bimaa arsalnaa bihee Rusulanaa fasawfa ya'lamoon

الذين Those who
كذبُوا deny
بالْكتب the Book
وبما and with what
أرْسلْنا We sent
به with it
رُسُلنا Our Messengers;
فسوْف but soon
يعْلمُون they will know.

Those who call the Book a lie, and what We sent Our messengers with—they will surely know

40:71 Juz 24 * Page 475

إِذِ ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلُ فِيٓ أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسۡحَبُونَ 71

Izil aghlaalu feee a'naaqi-him wassalaasilu yashaboon

إذ When
الْأغْللُ the iron collars
فى (will be) around
أعْنقهمْ their necks
والسلسلُ and the chains,
يُسْحبُون they will be dragged,

When the yokes are around their necks, and they will be dragged by the chains

40:72 Juz 24 * Page 475

فِي ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِي ٱلنَّارِ يُسۡجَرُونَ 72

Fil hameemi summa fin Naari Yasjaroon

فى In
الْحميم the boiling water;
ثُم then
فى in
النار the Fire
يُسْجرُون they will be burned.

Into the boiling water, then in the Fire they will be consumed

40:73 Juz 24 * Page 475

ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تُشۡرِكُونَ 73

Summaa qeela lahum ayna maa kuntum tushrikoon

ثُم Then
قيل it will be said
لهُمْ to them,
أيْن "Where
ما (is) that which
كُنتُمْ you used to
تُشْركُون associate

Then it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to deify

40:74 Juz 24 * Page 475

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ قَالُواْ ضَلُّواْ عَنَّا بَل لَّمۡ نَكُن نَّدۡعُواْ مِن قَبۡلُ شَيۡـࣰٔ اۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ 74

Min doonil laahi qaaloo dalloo 'annaa bal lam nakun nad'oo min qablu shai'aa; kazaalika yudillul laahul kaafireen

من Other than
دُون Other than
الله Allah?"
قالُوا They will say,
ضلُوا "They have departed
عنا from us.
بل Nay!
لمْ Not
نكُن we used to
ندْعُوا [we] call
من before
قبْلُ before
شيْـًا anything."
كذلك Thus
يُضلُ Allah lets go astray
اللهُ Allah lets go astray
الْكفرين the disbelievers.

Instead of God?” They will say, “They have abandoned us. In fact, we were praying to nothing before.” Thus God sends the disbelievers astray

40:75 Juz 24 * Page 475

ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَفۡرَحُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَمۡرَحُونَ 75

Zaalikum bimaa kuntum tafrahoona fil ardi bighairil haqqi wa bimaa kuntum tamrahoon

ذلكُم "That was
بما because
كُنتُمْ you used to
تفْرحُون rejoice
فى in
الْأرْض the earth
بغيْر without
الْحق right
وبما and because
كُنتُمْ you used to
تمْرحُون be insolent.

That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity

40:76 Juz 24 * Page 475

ٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ أَبۡوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ فَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ 76

Udkhulooo abwaaba Jahannama khaalideena feehaa fabi'sa maswal mutakabbireen

ادْخُلُوا Enter
أبْوب (the) gates
جهنم (of) Hell
خلدين (to) abide forever
فيها in it,
فبئْس and wretched is
مثْوى (the) abode
الْمُتكبرين (of) the arrogant."

Enter the gates of Hell, to remain therein forever. What a terrible dwelling for the arrogant

40:77 Juz 24 * Page 475

فَٱصۡبِرۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقࣱّۚ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي نَعِدُهُمۡ أَوۡ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيۡنَا يُرۡجَعُونَ 77

Fasbir inna wa'dal laahi haqq; fa immaa nuriyannak ba'dal lazee na'i duhum aw natawaffayannaka fa ilainaa yurja'oon

فاصْبرْ So be patient;
إن indeed,
وعْد (the) Promise
الله (of) Allah
حق (is) true.
فإما And whether
نُرينك We show you
بعْض some
الذى (of) what
نعدُهُمْ We have promised them
أوْ or
نتوفينك We cause you to die,
فإليْنا then to Us
يُرْجعُون they will be returned.

So be patient. The promise of God is true. Whether We show you some of what We have promised them, or take you to Us, to Us they will be returned

40:78 Juz 24 * Page 476

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلࣰ ا مِّن قَبۡلِكَ مِنۡهُم مَّن قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن لَّمۡ نَقۡصُصۡ عَلَيۡكَۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ 78

Wa laqad arsalnaa Rusulam min qablika minhum man qasasnaa 'alaika wa minhum mal lam naqsus 'alaik; wa maa kaana li Rasoolin any yaatiya bi Aayatin illaa bi iznil laah; fa izaa jaaa'a amrul laahi qudiya bilhaqqi wa khasira hunaalikal mubtiloon

ولقدْ And certainly
أرْسلْنا We have sent
رُسُلًا Messengers
من before you.
قبْلك before you.
منْهُم Among them
من (are) who -
قصصْنا We have related
عليْك to you,
ومنْهُم and among them
من (are) who -
لمْ not
نقْصُصْ We have related
عليْك to you.
وما And not
كان is
لرسُولٌ for any Messenger
أن that
يأْتى he brings
بـايةٌ a Sign
إلا except
بإذْن by (the) permission
الله (of) Allah.
فإذا So when
جاء comes
أمْرُ (the) Command
الله (of) Allah,
قُضى it will be decided
بالْحق in truth,
وخسر and will lose
هُنالك there
الْمُبْطلُون the falsifiers.

We sent messengers before you. Some of them We told you about, and some We did not tell you about. No messenger can bring a miracle except by leave of God. Then, when the command of God is issued, fair judgment will be passed, and there and then the seekers of vanity will lose

Movement 9 * Verses 79–85 Section 9 of 9

Section 9: Verses 79–85

Thematic progression across verses 79–85

40:79 Juz 24 * Page 476

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَ لِتَرۡكَبُواْ مِنۡهَا وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ 79

Allaahul lazee ja'ala lakumul an'aama litarkaboo minhaa wa minhaa taakuloon

اللهُ Allah
الذى (is) the One Who
جعل made
لكُمُ for you
الْأنْعم the cattle,
لترْكبُوا that you may ride
منْها some of them
ومنْها and some of them
تأْكُلُون you eat.

God is He who created the domestic animals for you—some for you to ride, and some you eat

40:80 Juz 24 * Page 476

وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَلِتَبۡلُغُواْ عَلَيۡهَا حَاجَةࣰ فِي صُدُورِكُمۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا وَعَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ 80

Wa lakum feehaa manaafi'u wa litablughoo 'alaihaa haajatan fee sudoorikum wa 'alaihaa wa 'alal fulki tuhmaloon

ولكُمْ And for you
فيها in them
منفعُ (are) benefits
ولتبْلُغُوا and that you may reach
عليْها through them
حاجةً a need
فى (that is) in
صُدُوركُمْ your breasts;
وعليْها and upon them
وعلى and upon
الْفُلْك the ships
تُحْملُون you are carried.

And in them you have other benefits as well, and through them you satisfy your needs. And on them, and on the ships, you are transported

40:81 Juz 24 * Page 476

وَيُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَأَيَّ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ 81

Wa yureekum Aayaatihee fa ayya Aayaatil laahi tunkiroon

ويُريكُمْ And He shows you
ءايته His Signs.
فأى Then which
ءايت (of the) Signs
الله (of) Allah
تُنكرُون will you deny?

And He shows you His signs. So which of God’s signs will you deny

40:82 Juz 24 * Page 476

أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُوٓاْ أَكۡثَرَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةࣰ وَءَاثَارࣰ ا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ 82

Afalam yaseeroo fil ardi fa yanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul lazeena min qablihim; kaanoo aksara minhum wa ashadda quwwatanw wa aasaaran fil ardi famaaa aghnaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon

أفلمْ Do they not
يسيرُوا travel
فى through
الْأرْض the land
فينظُرُوا and see
كيْف how
كان was
عقبةُ (the) end
الذين (of) those who
من (were) before them?
قبْلهمْ (were) before them?
كانُوا They were
أكْثر more numerous
منْهُمْ than them
وأشد and mightier
قُوةً (in) strength
وءاثارًا and impressions
فى in
الْأرْض the land,
فما but not
أغْنى availed
عنْهُم them
ما what
كانُوا they used to
يكْسبُون earn.

Have they not journeyed through the land, and seen the outcome for those before them? They were more numerous than they, and had greater power and influence in the land. But what they had achieved availed them nothing

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

۞أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا

Shares 7 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

40:83 Juz 24 * Page 476

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُواْ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ 83

Falammaa jaaa'at hum Rusuluhum bilbaiyinaati farihoo bimaa 'indahum minal 'ilmi wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

فلما Then when
جاءتْهُمْ came to them
رُسُلُهُم their Messengers
بالْبينت with clear proofs
فرحُوا they rejoiced
بما in what
عندهُم they had
من of
الْعلْم the knowledge,
وحاق and enveloped
بهم them
ما what
كانُوا they used to
به [at it]
يسْتهْزءُون mock.

When their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they had, and the very things they used to ridicule besieged them

40:84 Juz 24 * Page 476

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡاْ بَأۡسَنَا قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَكَفَرۡنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكِينَ 84

Falammaa ra aw baasanaa qaalooo aamannaa billaahi wahdahoo wa kafarnaa bimaa kunnaa bihee mushrikeen

فلما So when
رأوْا they saw
بأْسنا Our punishment
قالُوا they said,
ءامنا "We believe
بالله in Allah
وحْدهُ Alone
وكفرْنا and we disbelieve
بما in what
كُنا we used to
به with Him
مُشْركين associate."

Then, when they witnessed Our might, they said, “We believe in God alone, and we reject what we used to associate with Him.”

40:85 Juz 24 * Page 476

فَلَمۡ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمۡ إِيمَٰنُهُمۡ لَمَّا رَأَوۡاْ بَأۡسَنَاۖ سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِي قَدۡ خَلَتۡ فِي عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ 85

Falam yaku tanfa 'uhum eemaanuhum lammaa ra-aw baasana sunnatal laahil latee qad khalat fee 'ibaadihee wa khasira hunaalikal kaafiroon

فلمْ But did not
يكُ But did not
ينفعُهُمْ benefit them
إيمنُهُمْ their faith
لما when
رأوْا they saw
بأْسنا Our punishment.
سُنت (Such is the) Way
الله (of) Allah
التى which
قدْ (has) indeed
خلتْ preceded
فى among
عباده His slaves.
وخسر And are lost
هُنالك there
الْكفرُون the disbelievers.

But their faith could not help them once they witnessed Our might. This has been God’s way of dealing with His servants. And there and then the disbelievers lost

Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context

6 Narrations

Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Ghafir.

Sahih Muslim #6201 Names Ghafir

حَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ خَرَجْنَا مِنْ قَوْمِنَا غِفَارٍ وَكَانُوا يُحِلُّونَ الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَخِي أُنَيْسٌ وَأُمُّنَا فَنَزَلْنَا عَلَى خَالٍ لَنَا فَأَكْرَمَنَا خَالُنَا وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْنَا فَحَسَدَنَا قَوْمُهُ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ خَالَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ أُنَيْسٌ فَجَاءَ خَالُنَا فَنَثَا عَلَيْنَا الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَمَّا مَا مَضَى مِنْ مَعْرُوفِكَ فَقَدْ كَدَّرْتَهُ وَلاَ جِمَاعَ لَكَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ ‏.‏ فَقَرَّبْنَا صِرْمَتَنَا فَاحْتَمَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَتَغَطَّى خَالُنَا ثَوْبَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ مَكَّةَ فَنَافَرَ أُنَيْسٌ عَنْ صِرْمَتِنَا وَعَنْ مِثْلِهَا فَأَتَيَا الْكَاهِنَ فَخَيَّرَ أُنَيْسًا فَأَتَانَا أُنَيْسٌ بِصِرْمَتِنَا وَمِثْلِهَا مَعَهَا - قَالَ - وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لِمَنْ قَالَ لِلَّهِ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَأَيْنَ تَوَجَّهُ قَالَ أَتَوَجَّهُ حَيْثُ يُوَجِّهُنِي رَبِّي أُصَلِّي عِشَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أُلْقِيتُ كَأَنِّي خِفَاءٌ حَتَّى تَعْلُوَنِي الشَّمْسُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً بِمَكَّةَ فَاكْفِنِي ‏.‏ فَانْطَلَقَ أُنَيْسٌ حَتَّى أَتَى مَكَّةَ فَرَاثَ عَلَىَّ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقُلْتُ مَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ لَقِيتُ رَجُلاً بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى دِينِكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَهُ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ كَاهِنٌ سَاحِرٌ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ أُنَيْسٌ أَحَدَ الشُّعَرَاءِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أُنَيْسٌ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَ الْكَهَنَةِ فَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِهِمْ وَلَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ قَوْلَهُ عَلَى أَقْرَاءِ الشِّعْرِ فَمَا يَلْتَئِمُ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَحَدٍ بَعْدِي أَنَّهُ شِعْرٌ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَصَادِقٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَاكْفِنِي حَتَّى أَذْهَبَ فَأَنْظُرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ مَكَّةَ فَتَضَعَّفْتُ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الصَّابِئَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ الصَّابِئَ ‏.‏ فَمَالَ عَلَىَّ أَهْلُ الْوَادِي بِكُلِّ مَدَرَةٍ وَعَظْمٍ حَتَّى خَرَرْتُ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَىَّ - قَالَ - فَارْتَفَعْتُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعْتُ كَأَنِّي نُصُبٌ أَحْمَرُ - قَالَ - فَأَتَيْتُ زَمْزَمَ فَغَسَلْتُ عَنِّي الدِّمَاءَ وَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَلَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ثَلاَثِينَ بَيْنَ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ مَا كَانَ لِي طَعَامٌ إِلاَّ مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَتْ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي وَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سُخْفَةَ جُوعٍ - قَالَ - فَبَيْنَا أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَمْرَاءَ إِضْحِيَانَ إِذْ ضُرِبَ عَلَى أَسْمِخَتِهِمْ فَمَا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ وَامْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ تَدْعُوَانِ إِسَافًا وَنَائِلَةَ - قَالَ - فَأَتَتَا عَلَىَّ فِي طَوَافِهِمَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْكِحَا أَحَدَهُمَا الأُخْرَى - قَالَ - فَمَا تَنَاهَتَا عَنْ قَوْلِهِمَا - قَالَ - فَأَتَتَا عَلَىَّ فَقُلْتُ هَنٌ مِثْلُ الْخَشَبَةِ غَيْرَ أَنِّي لاَ أَكْنِي ‏.‏ فَانْطَلَقَتَا تُوَلْوِلاَنِ وَتَقُولاَنِ لَوْ كَانَ هَا هُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَنْفَارِنَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا هَابِطَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا لَكُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتَا الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا قَالَ لَكُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتَا إِنَّهُ قَالَ لَنَا كَلِمَةً تَمْلأُ الْفَمَ ‏.‏ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى اسْتَلَمَ الْحَجَرَ وَطَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ هُوَ وَصَاحِبُهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ‏.‏ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ حَيَّاهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ الإِسْلاَمِ - قَالَ - فَقُلْتُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ وَعَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ أَنْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ - قَالَ - فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ فَوَضَعَ أَصَابِعَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي كَرِهَ أَنِ انْتَمَيْتُ إِلَى غِفَارٍ ‏.‏ فَذَهَبْتُ آخُذُ بِيَدِهِ فَقَدَعَنِي صَاحِبُهُ وَكَانَ أَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنِّي ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَتَى كُنْتَ هَا هُنَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَدْ كُنْتُ هَا هُنَا مُنْذُ ثَلاَثِينَ بَيْنَ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَمَنْ كَانَ يُطْعِمُكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا كَانَ لِي طَعَامٌ إِلاَّ مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ ‏.‏ فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَتْ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي وَمَا أَجِدُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سُخْفَةَ جُوعٍ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّهَا مُبَارَكَةٌ إِنَّهَا طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي طَعَامِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ ‏.‏ فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَفَتَحَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَابًا فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُ لَنَا مِنْ زَبِيبِ الطَّائِفِ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ طَعَامٍ أَكَلْتُهُ بِهَا ثُمَّ غَبَرْتُ مَا غَبَرْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُ قَدْ وُجِّهَتْ لِي أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ نَخْلٍ لاَ أُرَاهَا إِلاَّ يَثْرِبَ فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مُبَلِّغٌ عَنِّي قَوْمَكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَهُمْ بِكَ وَيَأْجُرَكَ فِيهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَتَيْتُ أُنَيْسًا فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتَ قُلْتُ صَنَعْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ ‏.‏ فَأَتَيْنَا أُمَّنَا فَقَالَتْ مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكُمَا فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ ‏.‏ فَاحْتَمَلْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا قَوْمَنَا غِفَارًا فَأَسْلَمَ نِصْفُهُمْ وَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ إِيمَاءُ بْنُ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ وَكَانَ سَيِّدَهُمْ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ نِصْفُهُمْ إِذَا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ أَسْلَمْنَا ‏.‏ فَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَسْلَمَ نِصْفُهُمُ الْبَاقِي وَجَاءَتْ أَسْلَمُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَتُنَا نُسْلِمُ عَلَى الَّذِي أَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ فَأَسْلَمُوا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

We set out from our tribe Ghafir who look upon the prohibited months as permissible months. I and my brother Unais and our mother stayed with our maternal uncle who treated us well. The men of his tribe fell jealous and they said: When you are anay from your house, Unais commits adultery with your wife. Our -naternal uncle came and he accused us of the sin which was conveyed to him. I said: You have undone the good you did to us. We cannot stay with you after this. We came to our camels and loaded (our) luggage. Our maternal uncle began to weep covering himself with (a piece of) cloth. We proceeded on until we encamped by the side of Mecca. Unais cast lot on the camels (we had) and an equal number (above that). They both went to a Kahin and he made Unais win and Unais came with our camels and an equal number along with them. He (Abu Dharr) said: My nephew, I used to observe prayer three years before my meeting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said: For whom did you say prayer? He said: For Allah. I said: To which direction did you turn your face (for observing prayer)? He said: I used to turn my face as Allah has directed me to turn my face. I used to observe the night prayer at the time of the end of night and I fell down in prostration like the mantle until the sun rose over me. Unais said: I have a work in Mecca, so you better stay here. Unais went until he came to Mecca and he came to me late. I said: What did you do? He said: I met a person in Mecca who is on your religion and he claims that verily it is Allah Who has sent him. I said: What do the people say about him? He said: They say that he is a poet or a Kahin or a magician. Unais who was himself one of the poets said. I have heard the words of a Kahin but his words in no way resemble his (words). And 1 also compared his words to the verses of poets but such words cannot be uttered by any poet. By Allah, he is truthful and they are liars. Then I said: you stay here, until I go, so that I should see him. He said: I came to Mecca and I selected an insignificant person from amongst them and said to him: Where is he whom you call as-Sabi? He pointed out towards me saying: He is Sabi. Thereupon the people of the valley attacked me with sods and bows until I fell down unconscious. I stood up after havin. regained my consciousness and I found as if I was a red idol. I came to Zamzarn and washed blood from me and drank water from it and listen, O son of my brother, I stayed there for thirty nights or days and there was no food for me but the water of Zamzarn. And I became so bulky that there appeared wrinkles upon my stomach, and I did not feel any hunger in my stomach. It was during this time that the people of Mecca slept in the moonlit night and none was there to eircumambulate the House but only two women who had been invoking the name of Isafa, and Na'ila (the two idols). They came to me while in their circuit and I said: Marry one with the other, but they did not dissuade from their invoking. They came to me and I said to them: Insert wood (in the idols' private parts). (I said this to them in such plain words) as I could not express in metaphorical terms. These women went away crying and saying: Had there been one amongst our people (he would have taught a lesson to you for the obscene words used for our idols before us). These women met Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr who had also been coming down the hill. He asked them: What has happened to you? They said: There is Sabi, who has hidden himself between the Ka'ba and its curtain. He said: What did he say to you? They said: He uttered such words before us as we cannot express. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came and he kissed the Black Stone and circumambulated the House along with his Companion and then observed prayer, and when he had finished his prayer, Abu Dharr said: I was the first to greet him with the salutation of peace and uttered (these words) in this way; Allah's Messen- ger, may there be peace upon you, whereupon he said: It may be upon you too and the mercy of Allah. He then said: Who are you? I said: From the tribe of Ghifar. He leaned his hand and placed his finger on his forehead and I said to myself: Perhaps he has not liked it that I belong to the tribe of Ghifar. I attempted to catch hold of his hand but his friend who knew about him more than I dissuaded me f rom doing so. He then lifted his head and said: Since how long have you been here? I said: I have been here for the last thirty nights or days. He said: Who has been feeding you? I said: There has been no food for me but the water of Zamzam. I have grown so bulky that there appear wrinkles upon my stomach and I do not feel any hunger. He said: It is blessed (water) and it also serves as food. Thereupon Abu Bakr said: Allah's Messenger, let me serve as a host to him for tonight, and then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded forth and so did Abu Bakr and I went along with them. Abu Bakr opened the door and then he brought for us the raisins of Ta'if and that was the first food which I ate there. Then I stayed as long as I had to stay. I then came to Allah's Messenaer (ﷺ) and he said: I have been shown the land abound- ing in trees and I think it cannot be but that of Yathrib (that is the old name of Medina). You are a preacher to your people on my behalf. I hope Allah would benefit them through you and He would reward you. I came to Unais and he said: What have you done? I said: I have done that I have embraced Islam and I have testified (to the prophethood of Allah's Messenger). He said: I have no aversion for your religion and I also embrace Islam and testify (to the prophethood of Muhammad). Then both of us came to our mother and she said: I have no aversion for your religion and I also embrace Islam and testify to the prophethood of Muhammad. We then loaded our camels and came to our tribe Ghifir and half of the tribe embraced Islam and their chief was Aimi' b. Rahada Ghifirl and he was their leader and hall of the tribe said: We will embrace Islam when Allah's Messenger (may p,. ace be upon him) would come to Medina, and when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to Medina the remaining half also embraced Islam. Then a tribe Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, we also embrace Islam like our brothers who have embraced Islam. And they also embraced Islam. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Allah granted pardon to the tribe of Ghifar and Allah saved (from destruction) the tribe of Aslam.

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #2962 Cites 40:1

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُلَيْكِيِّ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ قَرَأَ حم الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَى ‏:‏ ‏(‏إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ ‏)‏ وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ حُفِظَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهُمَا حِينَ يُمْسِيَ حُفِظَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ الْمُلَيْكِيِّ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ ‏.‏ وَزُرَارَةُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَهُوَ جَدُّ أَبِي مُصْعَبٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ ‏.‏

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever recites Ha Mim Al-Mu'min - up to - To Him is the return (40:1-3) and Ayat Al-Kursi when he reaches (gets up in) the morning, he will be protected by them until the evening. And whoever recites them when he reaches the evening, he will be protected by them until the morning."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3053 Cites 40:60

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي قَوْلِهِ ‏:‏ ‏(‏وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ‏)‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَرَأَ ‏:‏‏(‏ وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ‏)‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏(‏ دَاخِرِينَ ‏)‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

from the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding Allah's saying: Your Lord said: Invoke Me, I shall respond to you (40:60, it appears that the author intended to apply it to Al-Baqarah 2:186). - he said: "The supplication is the worship." And he recited: 'Your Lord said: Invoke Me, I shall respond to you.' up to His saying: 'in humiliation.'"

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3331 Cites 40:60

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، وَالأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ وقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ‏)‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى ‏.‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Supplication is the worship." Then he recited: 'And your Lord said: 'Call upon Me, I will answer you. Verily, those who scorn my My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation (40:60).'"

Mishkat al-Masabih (al-Khatib at-Tabrizi) #2048 Cites 40:1

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ (حم) الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَى (إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ) وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ حُفِظَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ. وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِهِمَا حِينَ يُمْسِي حُفِظَ بهما حَتَّى يصبح ". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ والدرامي وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيّ هَذَا حَدِيث غَرِيب

“If anyone recites in the morning Hā Mīm al-Mu’min (Al-Qur’ān, 40:1-3) to ‘to Him is the final goal’ and the Throne Verse (Al-Qur’ān, 2:255) he will be guarded by them till the evening, and if anyone recites them in the evening he will be guarded by them till the morning.” Tirmidhī and Dārimī transmitted it, Tirmidhī saying this is a gharīb tradition.

Al-Kafi - Volume 1 (Usul al-Kafi) #45 Cites 40:12

Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)

45ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله ذلِكُمْ بِأَنَّهُ إِذا دُعِيَ الله وَحْدَهُ وَأَهْلُ الْوَلايَةِ كَفَرْتُمْ.

45. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Asbat from Ali ibn Mansur from Ibrahimibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from al-Walid ibn Sabih from abu ‘Abdallah about the words of Allah. “. .Your suffering is only because you disbelieved when One God (and the people who possess Leadership with Divine Authority were) was mentioned. .” (40:12)”