Surah Ghafir Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

40:41

وَ یٰقَوْمِ مَا لِیْۤ اَدْعُوْكُمْ اِلَى النَّجٰوةِ وَ تَدْعُوْنَنِیْۤ اِلَى النَّارِؕ(۴۱)

O my people, what is wrong with me that I am calling you to preservation, while you invite me to the Fire!

40:42

تَدْعُوْنَنِیْ لِاَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ اُشْرِكَ بِهٖ مَا لَیْسَ لِیْ بِهٖ عِلْمٌ٘-وَّ اَنَا اَدْعُوْكُمْ اِلَى الْعَزِیْزِ الْغَفَّارِ(۴۲)

You are asking me to disbelieve in God, and to associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, yet I invite you to the all-mighty, all-forgiving.

40:43

لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّمَا تَدْعُوْنَنِیْۤ اِلَیْهِ لَیْسَ لَهٗ دَعْوَةٌ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ لَا فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ وَ اَنَّ مَرَدَّنَاۤ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَ اَنَّ الْمُسْرِفِیْنَ هُمْ اَصْحٰبُ النَّارِ(۴۳)

What you are calling me to is surely not worth the calling in this world or in the next, because our returning is to God; and because the transgressors will be inmates of Hell.

40:44

فَسَتَذْكُرُوْنَ مَاۤ اَقُوْلُ لَكُمْؕ-وَ اُفَوِّضُ اَمْرِیْۤ اِلَى اللّٰهِؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بَصِیْرٌۢ بِالْعِبَادِ(۴۴)

You will remember what I say in time to come; I submit my case to the judgement of God. Surely God keeps an eye on His creatures."

40:45

فَوَقٰىهُ اللّٰهُ سَیِّاٰتِ مَا مَكَرُوْا وَ حَاقَ بِاٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوْٓءُ الْعَذَابِۚ(۴۵)

So God preserved him from the evil they were planning; and a dreadful doom encompassed the people of Pharaoh:

40:46

اَلنَّارُ یُعْرَضُوْنَ عَلَیْهَا غُدُوًّا وَّ عَشِیًّاۚ-وَ یَوْمَ تَقُوْمُ السَّاعَةُ- اَدْخِلُوْۤا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ اَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ(۴۶)

Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening. The day the Hour is proclaimed (it will be said:) "Admit the people of Pharaoh to the severest punishment,"

40:47

وَ اِذْ یَتَحَآجُّوْنَ فِی النَّارِ فَیَقُوْلُ الضُّعَفٰٓؤُا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْۤا اِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّغْنُوْنَ عَنَّا نَصِیْبًا مِّنَ النَّارِ(۴۷)

As they will noisily argue in the Fire, the weaker ones will say to the arrogant: "We were your followers, so will you take over some of our share of the fire?"

40:48

قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْۤا اِنَّا كُلٌّ فِیْهَاۤۙ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَیْنَ الْعِبَادِ(۴۸)

The arrogant will answer: "All of us are in it. Surely God has judged between His creatures."

40:49

وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ فِی النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوْا رَبَّكُمْ یُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا یَوْمًا مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ(۴۹)

Those in the Fire will say to the warders of Hell: "Ask your Lord to reduce the punishment by a day for us."

40:50

قَالُوْۤا اَوَ لَمْ تَكُ تَاْتِیْكُمْ رُسُلُكُمْ بِالْبَیِّنٰتِؕ-قَالُوْا بَلٰىؕ-قَالُوْا فَادْعُوْاۚ-وَ مَا دُعٰٓؤُا الْكٰفِرِیْنَ اِلَّا فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ۠(۵۰)

They will say: "Did not your apostles come to you with clear proofs?" They will answer: "Indeed, they did." "Then pray," will (the warders) say. But the praying of unbelievers will be all in vain.

40:51

اِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا وَ یَوْمَ یَقُوْمُ الْاَشْهَادُۙ(۵۱)

We will certainly help Our messengers and those who believe, in this world, and on the day the witnesses take their stand,

40:52

یَوْمَ لَا یَنْفَعُ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَ لَهُمْ سُوْٓءُ الدَّارِ(۵۲)

The day upon which their excuses will not benefit the evil-doers, and the condemnation and evil abode will be theirs.

40:53

وَ لَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا مُوْسَى الْهُدٰى وَ اَوْرَثْنَا بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ الْكِتٰبَۙ(۵۳)

Verily We showed Moses the way, and bequeathed the Book to the children of Israel,

40:54

هُدًى وَّ ذِكْرٰى لِاُولِی الْاَلْبَابِ(۵۴)

A guidance and reminder for men of wisdom.

40:55

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْۢبِكَ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِالْعَشِیِّ وَ الْاِبْكَارِ(۵۵)

So persevere; the promise of God is true; and seek forgiveness for your sins, and chant the praises of your Lord evening and morning.

40:56

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یُجَادِلُوْنَ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَیْرِ سُلْطٰنٍ اَتٰىهُمْۙ-اِنْ فِیْ صُدُوْرِهِمْ اِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُمْ بِبَالِغِیْهِۚ-فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِؕ-اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْبَصِیْرُ(۵۶)

Verily those who argue in the matter of God´s revelations, without authority having reached them, have nothing but pride in their hearts, and they will not achieve their end. So take refuge in God: Surely He is all-hearing and all-seeing.

40:57

لَخَلْقُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۵۷)

The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed of greater magnitude than the creation of mankind; but most men do not understand.

40:58

وَ مَا یَسْتَوِی الْاَعْمٰى وَ الْبَصِیْرُ ﳔ وَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَ لَا الْمُسِیْٓءُؕ-قَلِیْلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ(۵۸)

The blind and the seeing are surely not alike, nor those who believe and act rightly and those who do evil. Little do you reflect!

40:59

اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاٰتِیَةٌ لَّا رَیْبَ فِیْهَا وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ(۵۹)

The Hour will certainly come; there is no mystery about it; but most men do not believe.

40:60

وَ قَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُوْنِیْۤ اَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْؕ-اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِیْ سَیَدْخُلُوْنَ جَهَنَّمَ دٰخِرِیْنَ۠(۶۰)

Your Lord has said: "Call to Me that I may answer your call. Surely those who disdain worshipping Me will enter Hell, disgraced."

40:61

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّیْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوْا فِیْهِ وَ النَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًاؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُوْ فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَشْكُرُوْنَ(۶۱)

It is God who made the night for you to rest, the day to make things visible. Indeed God is gracious to men, but most men are not grateful.

40:62

ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَیْءٍۘ-لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ-٘ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُوْنَ(۶۲)

He is God your Lord, creator of everything. There is no god but He. How then do you turn away (from Him)?

40:63

كَذٰلِكَ یُؤْفَكُ الَّذِیْنَ كَانُوْا بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِ یَجْحَدُوْنَ(۶۳)

Only they are turned away thus who deny the signs of God.

40:64

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَّ السَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَّ صَوَّرَكُمْ فَاَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَ رَزَقَكُمْ مِّنَ الطَّیِّبٰتِؕ-ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۚۖ-فَتَبٰرَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ(۶۴)

It is God who made the earth a dwelling for you, and the sky a vaulted roof, who fashioned you and gave you excellent form and provided you with clean and wholesome things. He is God, your Lord. So blessed be God, the Lord of all the worlds.

40:65

هُوَ الْحَیُّ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ فَادْعُوْهُ مُخْلِصِیْنَ لَهُ الدِّیْنَؕ-اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ(۶۵)

He is the living. There is no god but He. Therefore pray to Him with obedience all-exclusive. Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds.

40:66

قُلْ اِنِّیْ نُهِیْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذِیْنَ تَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ لَمَّا جَآءَنِیَ الْبَیِّنٰتُ مِنْ رَّبِّیْ٘-وَ اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ(۶۶)

Say: "I am forbidden to worship those you call apart from God, since clear signs have come to me from my Lord, and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds."

40:67

هُوَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ یُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوْۤا اَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُوْنُوْا شُیُوْخًاۚ-وَ مِنْكُمْ مَّنْ یُّتَوَفّٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ لِتَبْلُغُوْۤا اَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَّ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ(۶۷)

It is He who created you from dust, then a drop of semen, then the embryo; afterwards He brings you forth as a child; then you attain the age of manhood, and then reach old age. But some of you die before you reach the appointed term that you may haply understand.

40:68

هُوَ الَّذِیْ یُحْیٖ وَ یُمِیْتُۚ-فَاِذَا قَضٰۤى اَمْرًا فَاِنَّمَا یَقُوْلُ لَهٗ كُنْ فَیَكُوْنُ۠(۶۸)

It is He who gives you life and death. When He creates a thing, He has only to say: "Be," and it is.

40:69

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ یُجَادِلُوْنَ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِؕ-اَنّٰى یُصْرَفُوْنَ ﳝ(۶۹)

Have you not seen how those who dispute the signs of God are turned away?

40:70

الَّذِیْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِالْكِتٰبِ وَ بِمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا بِهٖ رُسُلَنَا ﱡ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَۙ(۷۰)

Those who deny the Book and what We have sent down with Our apostles, will soon come to know

40:71

اِذِ الْاَغْلٰلُ فِیْۤ اَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَ السَّلٰسِلُؕ-یُسْحَبُوْنَۙ(۷۱)

When, with (iron) collars and chains around their necks, they will be dragged

40:72

فِی الْحَمِیْمِ ﳔ ثُمَّ فِی النَّارِ یُسْجَرُوْنَۚ(۷۲)

Through boiling water, and then burnt in the Fire.

40:73

ثُمَّ قِیْلَ لَهُمْ اَیْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُشْرِكُوْنَۙ(۷۳)

They will then be asked: "Where are they you took as partners

40:74

مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِؕ-قَالُوْا ضَلُّوْا عَنَّا بَلْ لَّمْ نَكُنْ نَّدْعُوْا مِنْ قَبْلُ شَیْــٴًـاؕ-كَذٰلِكَ یُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ(۷۴)

Apart from God?" They will answer: "They have left us in the lurch and fled. In fact it was nothing that we prayed to before." That is how God sends the unbelievers astray.

40:75

ذٰلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْرَحُوْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ بِغَیْرِ الْحَقِّ وَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَمْرَحُوْنَۚ(۷۵)

"This is so because you went about exulting wrongfully in the land," (will they be told), "and you were insolent.

40:76

اُدْخُلُوْۤا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاۚ-فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِیْنَ(۷۶)

So enter the gates of Hell to abide in it for ever." How evil the abode of the arrogant!

40:77

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۚ-فَاِمَّا نُرِیَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِیْ نَعِدُهُمْ اَوْ نَتَوَفَّیَنَّكَ فَاِلَیْنَا یُرْجَعُوْنَ(۷۷)

So you persevere with patience (in your mission). The promise of God is true. Whether We show you some of the punishment We have promised them, or gather you up in death, they have to come back to Us.

40:78

وَ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُمْ مَّنْ قَصَصْنَا عَلَیْكَ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَّنْ لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَیْكَؕ-وَ مَا كَانَ لِرَسُوْلٍ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَ بِاٰیَةٍ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ-فَاِذَا جَآءَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ قُضِیَ بِالْحَقِّ وَ خَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُوْنَ۠(۷۸)

Surely We have sent apostles before you, some of whose account We have related to you, and that of some We have not told you. But no apostle was given a miracle unless God dispensed. But when the decree of God comes the sentence is passed with justice; and the lovers of vice and vanity will then come to grief.

40:79

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَنْعَامَ لِتَرْكَبُوْا مِنْهَا وَ مِنْهَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ٘(۷۹)

It is God who made the cattle for you so that some you ride and some you eat.

40:80

وَ لَكُمْ فِیْهَا مَنَافِعُ وَ لِتَبْلُغُوْا عَلَیْهَا حَاجَةً فِیْ صُدُوْرِكُمْ وَ عَلَیْهَا وَ عَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُوْنَؕ(۸۰)

There are advantages for you in them, so that you may satisfy your needs through them, and may be borne upon them and on ships.