Sourate Ghafir (40) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ha, Mim.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم حم

The descent of the Scripture comes from God, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, He who forgives wrong and accepts repentance, severe in retribution, possessor of abundant grace,i 3

تنزيل ٱلكتب من ٱلله ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم غافر ٱلذنب وقابل ٱلتوب شديد ٱلعقاب ذي ٱلطول

there is no god but Him; 3

لآ إله إلا هو

to Him is the ultimate return. 3

إليه ٱلمصير

Only those who deny dispute concerning the signs of God;i 4

ما يجدل في ءايت ٱلله إلا ٱلذين كفروا

so let not their bustling about through the lands deceive you. 4

فلا يغررك تقلبهم في ٱلبلد

Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the factions after them,i 5

كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح وٱلأحزاب من بعدهم

and every community schemed against its messenger to seize him, 5

وهمت كل أمة برسولهم ليأخذوه

disputing by falsehood to refute the truth with it — so I seized them: 5

وجدلوا بٱلبطل ليدحضوا به ٱلحق فأخذتهم

how was My retribution! 5

فكيف كان عقاب

Thus was the word of your Guardian fulfilled against those who deny: they are the companions of the Fire.i 6

وكذلك حقت كلمت ربك على ٱلذين كفروا أنهم أصحب ٱلنار

Those who bear the Edifice and those around it glorify their Guardian with praise, believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who believe:i 7

ٱلذين يحملون ٱلعرش ومن حوله يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويؤمنون به ويستغفرون للذين ءامنوا

"Our Guardian, You encompass all things in benevolence and knowledge; so forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and protect them from the punishment of the Blaze; 7

ربنا وسعت كل شىء رحمة وعلما فٱغفر للذين تابوا وٱتبعوا سبيلك وقهم عذاب ٱلجحيم

Our Guardian, admit them into the gardens of Eden that You have promised them, along with whoever acted rightly among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring; 8

ربنا وأدخلهم جنت عدن ٱلتي وعدتهم ومن صلح من ءابآئهم وأزوجهم وذريتهم

You indeed are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. 8

إنك أنت ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

And protect them from evil deeds; 9

وقهم ٱلسيات

whoever You protect from evil deeds that day, You have shown him benevolence, 9

ومن تق ٱلسيات يومئذ فقد رحمته

and that is the immense triumph." 9

وذلك هو ٱلفوز ٱلعظيم

Those who deny will be called out to: "God's detestation is greater than your own detestation of yourselves, when you were called to faith and you denied."i 10

إن ٱلذين كفروا ينادون لمقت ٱلله أكبر من مقتكم أنفسكم إذ تدعون إلى ٱلإيمن فتكفرون

They will say: "Our Guardian, You made us die twice and made us live twice; we acknowledge our wrongs — is there then any way out?" 11

قالوا ربنآ أمتنا ٱثنتين وأحييتنا ٱثنتين فٱعترفنا بذنوبنا فهل إلى خروج من سبيل

That is because, when God alone was invoked, you denied, and when something was associated with Him, you believed;i 12

ذلكم بأنه إذا دعي ٱلله وحده كفرتم وإن يشرك به تؤمنوا

so judgment belongs to God, the Most High, the Great. 12

فٱلحكم لله ٱلعلي ٱلكبير

It is He who shows you His signs and sends down provision for you from the sky; 13

هو ٱلذي يريكم ءايته وينزل لكم من ٱلسمآء رزقا

but only he who turns back [to Him] takes heed. 13

وما يتذكر إلا من ينيب

So call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him, even if it displeases those who deny.i 14

فٱدعوا ٱلله مخلصين له ٱلدين ولو كره ٱلكفرون

He is the Raiser of ranks, possessor of the Edifice;i 15

رفيع ٱلدرجت ذو ٱلعرش

He casts the Influx of His command upon whom He wills among His obedient ones, to warn of the Day of Meeting, the day they will appear exposed,i 16

يلقي ٱلروح من أمره على من يشآء من عباده لينذر يوم ٱلتلاق يوم هم برزون

nothing of them is hidden from God. 16

لا يخفى على ٱلله منهم شىء

To whom belongs the dominion today? 16

لمن ٱلملك ٱليوم

To God, the One, the Overpowering. 16

لله ٱلوحد ٱلقهار

Today every Self will be repaid for what it earned;i 17

ٱليوم تجزى كل نفس بما كسبت

no injustice today; 17

لا ظلم ٱليوم

God is swift in reckoning. 17

إن ٱلله سريع ٱلحساب

Warn them of the imminent Day, when the cores will be at the throats, choked with distress,i 18

وأنذرهم يوم ٱلءازفة إذ ٱلقلوب لدى ٱلحناجر كظمين

the wrongdoers will have neither a close ally nor an intercessor who is heeded. 18

ما للظلمين من حميم ولا شفيع يطاع

He knows the treachery of glances and what the chests conceal.i 19

يعلم خآئنة ٱلأعين وما تخفي ٱلصدور

God judges with truth, 20

وٱلله يقضي بٱلحق

while those they invoke besides Him judge nothing; 20

وٱلذين يدعون من دونه لا يقضون بشىء

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 20

إن ٱلله هو ٱلسميع ٱلبصير

Have they not traveled through the earth to see how the end was of those before them? 21

أولم يسيروا في ٱلأرض فينظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلذين كانوا من قبلهم

They were stronger than them in might and in traces left on the earth, and God seized them for their wrongs; 21

كانوا هم أشد منهم قوة وءاثارا في ٱلأرض فأخذهم ٱلله بذنوبهم

no protector defended them against God. 21

وما كان لهم من ٱلله من واق

That was because their messengers used to bring them clear proofs, but they denied; so God seized them:i 22

ذلك بأنهم كانت تأتيهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فكفروا فأخذهم ٱلله

He is strong, severe in retribution. 22

إنه قوي شديد ٱلعقاب

We certainly sent Moussa with Our signs and a clear authority, to Fir'awn, Haman, and Qaroon; they said: "A worker of illusion, a great liar."i 24

ولقد أرسلنا موسى بايتنا وسلطن مبين إلى فرعون وهمن وقرون فقالوا سحر كذاب

Then, when he brought them the truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believed with him, and violate the modesty of their women"; 25

فلما جآءهم بٱلحق من عندنا قالوا ٱقتلوا أبنآء ٱلذين ءامنوا معه وٱستحيوا نسآءهم

but the scheming of those who deny is only in error.i 25

وما كيد ٱلكفرين إلا في ضلل

Fir'awn said: "Leave me to kill Moussa, and let him call upon his Guardian! I fear he may change your Law or bring about corruption in the land."i 26

وقال فرعون ذروني أقتل موسى وليدع ربه إني أخاف أن يبدل دينكم أو أن يظهر في ٱلأرض ٱلفساد

Moussa said: "I take refuge in my Guardian and your Guardian from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning."i 27

وقال موسى إني عذت بربي وربكم من كل متكبر لا يؤمن بيوم ٱلحساب

A believing man from the clan of Fir'awn, who concealed his faith, said: "Will you kill a man for saying, 'My Guardian is God,' when he has brought you clear proofs from your Guardian? If he is lying, his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, some of what he threatens you with will befall you."i 28

وقال رجل مؤمن من ءال فرعون يكتم إيمنه أتقتلون رجلا أن يقول ربي ٱلله وقد جآءكم بٱلبينت من ربكم وإن يك كذبا فعليه كذبه وإن يك صادقا يصبكم بعض ٱلذي يعدكم

God does not guide one who is excessive, a great liar. 28

إن ٱلله لا يهدي من هو مسرف كذاب

"O my people, the dominion is yours today, you are dominant in the land; but who will help us against God's might if it comes upon us?" 29

يقوم لكم ٱلملك ٱليوم ظهرين في ٱلأرض فمن ينصرنا من بأس ٱلله إن جآءنا

Fir'awn said: "I show you only what I myself see, and I guide you only to the path of right conduct."i 29

قال فرعون مآ أريكم إلا مآ أرى ومآ أهديكم إلا سبيل ٱلرشاد

The one who had believed said: "O my people, I fear for you a day like that of the factions, like the fate of the people of Nuh, the Recidivists [Aad], the Depleters [Thamud], and those who came after them;i 31

وقال ٱلذي ءامن يقوم إني أخاف عليكم مثل يوم ٱلأحزاب مثل دأب قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وٱلذين من بعدهم

and God does not intend any injustice for His obedient ones." 31

وما ٱلله يريد ظلما للعباد

O my people, I fear for you the Day of Mutual Calling, the day you will turn your backs fleeing, with no protector for you against God; 33

ويقوم إني أخاف عليكم يوم ٱلتناد يوم تولون مدبرين ما لكم من ٱلله من عاصم

and whoever God sends astray has no guide. 33

ومن يضلل ٱلله فما له من هاد

Yusuf certainly came to you before with clear proofs, and you did not cease to be in doubt about what he brought you, until, when he perished, you said: 'God will not send a messenger after him';i 34

ولقد جآءكم يوسف من قبل بٱلبينت فما زلتم في شك مما جآءكم به حتى إذا هلك قلتم لن يبعث ٱلله من بعده رسولا

thus does God send astray whoever is excessive, full of doubt — 34

كذلك يضل ٱلله من هو مسرف مرتاب

those who dispute concerning the signs of God without any authority having come to them; 35

ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله بغير سلطن أتىهم

it is a grave thing in detestation, in the sight of God and of those who believe. 35

كبر مقتا عند ٱلله وعند ٱلذين ءامنوا

Thus does God seal the core of every arrogant tyrant.i 35

كذلك يطبع ٱلله على كل قلب متكبر جبار

Fir'awn said: "O Haman, build me a tower, that I may reach the passages, the passages to the heavens, and glimpse the god of Moussa; I certainly think he is lying."i 37

وقال فرعون يهمن ٱبن لي صرحا لعلي أبلغ ٱلأسبب أسبب ٱلسموت فأطلع إلى إله موسى وإني لأظنه كذبا

Thus was the evil of his deed made appealing to Fir'awn, and he was turned away from the path;i 37

وكذلك زين لفرعون سوء عمله وصد عن ٱلسبيل

Fir'awn's scheming was nothing but ruin.i 37

وما كيد فرعون إلا في تباب

The one who had believed said: "O my people, follow me; I will guide you to the path of right conduct; 38

وقال ٱلذي ءامن يقوم ٱتبعون أهدكم سبيل ٱلرشاد

O my people, the present life is only fleeting enjoyment, 39

يقوم إنما هذه ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا متع

while the Hereafter is the home of permanence. 39

وإن ٱلءاخرة هي دار ٱلقرار

Whoever does an evil deed is repaid only its equivalent, 40

من عمل سيئة فلا يجزى إلا مثلها

and whoever does what is right, male or female, while being a believer, those will enter the Garden, provided for therein without account. 40

ومن عمل صلحا من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون ٱلجنة يرزقون فيها بغير حساب

O my people, why is it that I call you to salvation while you call me to the Fire? 41

ويقوم ما لي أدعوكم إلى ٱلنجوة وتدعونني إلى ٱلنار

You call me to deny God and to associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I call you to the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver;i 42

تدعونني لأكفر بٱلله وأشرك به ما ليس لي به علم وأنا أدعوكم إلى ٱلعزيز ٱلغفر

there is no doubt that what you call me to has no call in the present life or in the Hereafter, that our return is to God, and that the excessive ones are the companions of the Fire. 43

لا جرم أنما تدعونني إليه ليس له دعوة في ٱلدنيا ولا في ٱلءاخرة وأن مردنآ إلى ٱلله وأن ٱلمسرفين هم أصحب ٱلنار

You will soon remember what I say to you; 44

فستذكرون مآ أقول لكم

I entrust my affair to God; 44

وأفوض أمري إلى ٱلله

God is All-Seeing of His obedient ones. 44

إن ٱلله بصير بٱلعباد

So God protected him from the evils of what they schemed, 45

فوقىه ٱلله سيات ما مكروا

and the worst punishment enveloped the clan of Fir'awn:i 45

وحاق بال فرعون سوء ٱلعذاب

the Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening, 46

ٱلنار يعرضون عليها غدوا وعشيا

and the day the Hour rises: "Admit the clan of Fir'awn into the most severe punishment."i 46

ويوم تقوم ٱلساعة أدخلوا ءال فرعون أشد ٱلعذاب

And when they dispute with one another in the Fire, the weak will say to those who were arrogant: "We were your followers; can you then spare us a share of the Fire?" 47

وإذ يتحآجون في ٱلنار فيقول ٱلضعفؤا للذين ٱستكبروا إنا كنا لكم تبعا فهل أنتم مغنون عنا نصيبا من ٱلنار

Those who were arrogant will say: "We are all in it; God has already judged between the obedient ones." 48

قال ٱلذين ٱستكبروا إنا كل فيهآ إن ٱلله قد حكم بين ٱلعباد

Those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Jahannam: "Call upon your Guardian to lighten for us, even for one day, the punishment." 49

وقال ٱلذين في ٱلنار لخزنة جهنم ٱدعوا ربكم يخفف عنا يوما من ٱلعذاب

They will say: "Did your messengers not bring you clear proofs?" They will say: "Yes indeed." They will say: "Then call [yourselves]." 50

قالوا أولم تك تأتيكم رسلكم بٱلبينت قالوا بلى قالوا فٱدعوا

But the calling of those who deny is only in error.i 50

وما دعؤا ٱلكفرين إلا في ضلل

We surely help Our messengers and those who believe, in the present life and on the day the witnesses rise, the day the excuse of the wrongdoers will not benefit them; theirs will be the curse, and theirs the worst of homes. 52

إنا لننصر رسلنا وٱلذين ءامنوا في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا ويوم يقوم ٱلأشهد يوم لا ينفع ٱلظلمين معذرتهم ولهم ٱللعنة ولهم سوء ٱلدار

We certainly gave Moussa the guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Scripture, a guidance and a reminder for those endowed with reason.i 54

ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلهدى وأورثنا بني إسرءيل ٱلكتب هدى وذكرى لأولي ٱلألبب

So be patient: God's promise is truth; 55

فٱصبر إن وعد ٱلله حق

ask forgiveness for your wrong, and glorify your Guardian with praise, in the evening and the morning. 55

وٱستغفر لذنبك وسبح بحمد ربك بٱلعشي وٱلإبكر

Those who dispute concerning the signs of God without any authority having come to them have in their chests nothing but pride they will never attain;i 56

إن ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله بغير سلطن أتىهم إن في صدورهم إلا كبر ما هم ببلغيه

so seek refuge in God: 56

فٱستعذ بٱلله

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 56

إنه هو ٱلسميع ٱلبصير

The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind, 57

لخلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض أكبر من خلق ٱلناس

but most people do not know. 57

ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يعلمون

The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who believe and do what is right and the evildoer; 58

وما يستوي ٱلأعمى وٱلبصير وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت ولا ٱلمسيء

little do you take heed. 58

قليلا ما تتذكرون

The Hour is surely coming, no doubt about it, 59

إن ٱلساعة لءاتية لا ريب فيها

but most people do not believe. 59

ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يؤمنون

Your Guardian has said: "Call upon Me, I will answer you; 60

وقال ربكم ٱدعوني أستجب لكم

those who are too arrogant to obey Me will soon enter Jahannam, humiliated." 60

إن ٱلذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين

God is He who made for you the night that you may rest in it, and the day for seeing clearly; 61

ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱليل لتسكنوا فيه وٱلنهار مبصرا

God is indeed possessor of favor toward mankind, 61

إن ٱلله لذو فضل على ٱلناس

but most people are not grateful. 61

ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يشكرون

That is God, your Guardian, 62

ذلكم ٱلله ربكم

creator of all things; 62

خلق كل شىء

there is no god but Him; 62

لآ إله إلا هو

how then are you turned away? 62

فأنى تؤفكون

Thus are turned away those who used to deny the signs of God. 63

كذلك يؤفك ٱلذين كانوا بايت ٱلله يجحدون

God is He who made for you the earth a stable ground and the sky a structure, who shaped you and made your forms excellent, and provided you with good things; 64

ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأرض قرارا وٱلسمآء بنآء وصوركم فأحسن صوركم ورزقكم من ٱلطيبت

that is God, your Guardian; 64

ذلكم ٱلله ربكم

blessed is God, Guardian of all beings.i 64

فتبارك ٱلله رب ٱلعلمين

He is the Living; 65

هو ٱلحى

there is no god but Him; 65

لآ إله إلا هو

so call upon Him, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;i 65

فٱدعوه مخلصين له ٱلدين

praise belongs to God, Guardian of all beings. 65

ٱلحمد لله رب ٱلعلمين

Say: "I have been forbidden to obey those you invoke besides God, since the clear proofs have come to me from my Guardian; and I have been commanded to be true to the Guardian of all beings alone."i 66

قل إني نهيت أن أعبد ٱلذين تدعون من دون ٱلله لما جآءني ٱلبينت من ربي وأمرت أن أسلم لرب ٱلعلمين

It is He who created you from dust, then from a drop, then from a clinging form, then brings you out as a child, then lets you reach your full strength, then become old men —i 67

هو ٱلذي خلقكم من تراب ثم من نطفة ثم من علقة ثم يخرجكم طفلا ثم لتبلغوا أشدكم ثم لتكونوا شيوخا

and some of you die before — so that you may reach an appointed term, and perhaps you will reason. 67

ومنكم من يتوفى من قبل ولتبلغوا أجلا مسمى ولعلكم تعقلون

It is He who gives life and causes death; 68

هو ٱلذي يحي ويميت

and when He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be," 68

فإذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كن

and it is. 68

فيكون

Have you not seen those who dispute concerning the signs of God, how they are turned away? 69

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يجدلون في ءايت ٱلله أنى يصرفون

Those who denied the Scripture and that with which We sent Our messengers will soon know, when the shackles are on their necks, along with the chains,i 71

ٱلذين كذبوا بٱلكتب وبمآ أرسلنا به رسلنا فسوف يعلمون إذ ٱلأغلل في أعنقهم وٱلسلسل

they will be dragged through boiling water, then burned in the fire. 72

يسحبون في ٱلحميم ثم في ٱلنار يسجرون

Then it will be said to them: "Where are those you used to associate besides God?" 74

ثم قيل لهم أين ما كنتم تشركون من دون ٱلله

They will say: "They have strayed from us; in fact, we were not calling upon anything before." 74

قالوا ضلوا عنا بل لم نكن ندعوا من قبل شيا

Thus does God send astray those who deny. 74

كذلك يضل ٱلله ٱلكفرين

That is for having rejoiced on the earth without right, and for having been insolent; 75

ذلكم بما كنتم تفرحون في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وبما كنتم تمرحون

enter the gates of Jahannam, to remain therein forever: 76

ٱدخلوا أبوب جهنم خلدين فيها

how wretched is the dwelling of the arrogant! 76

فبئس مثوى ٱلمتكبرين

So be patient: God's promise is truth; 77

فٱصبر إن وعد ٱلله حق

whether We show you some of what We threaten them with, or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned. 77

فإما نرينك بعض ٱلذي نعدهم أو نتوفينك فإلينا يرجعون

We certainly sent messengers before you; some We have told you about, and some We have not told you about; 78

ولقد أرسلنا رسلا من قبلك منهم من قصصنا عليك ومنهم من لم نقصص عليك

and it is not for any messenger to bring a sign except by God's permission; 78

وما كان لرسول أن يأتي باية إلا بإذن ٱلله

and when God's command comes, it is decided in truth, and there the partisans of falsehood are the losers. 78

فإذا جآء أمر ٱلله قضي بٱلحق وخسر هنالك ٱلمبطلون

God is He who made for you the livestock, that you may ride some of them and eat others; 79

ٱلله ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأنعم لتركبوا منها ومنها تأكلون

and you have in them benefits, 80

ولكم فيها منفع

and that you may satisfy on them a need in your chests,i 80

ولتبلغوا عليها حاجة في صدوركم

and on them, as on ships, you are carried. 80

وعليها وعلى ٱلفلك تحملون

He shows you His signs; 81

ويريكم ءايته

so which of God's signs do you deny? 81

فأى ءايت ٱلله تنكرون

Have they not traveled through the earth to see how the end was of those before them? 82

أفلم يسيروا في ٱلأرض فينظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلذين من قبلهم

They were more numerous than them and stronger in might and in traces left on the earth; but what they used to earn availed them nothing. 82

كانوا أكثر منهم وأشد قوة وءاثارا في ٱلأرض فمآ أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون

Then, when their messengers brought them clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they already possessed; 83

فلما جآءتهم رسلهم بٱلبينت فرحوا بما عندهم من ٱلعلم

and that which they used to mock enveloped them. 83

وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Then, when they saw Our might, they said: "We believe in God alone, and we deny what we used to associate with Him."i 84

فلما رأوا بأسنا قالوا ءامنا بٱلله وحده وكفرنا بما كنا به مشركين

But their faith did not benefit them once they saw Our might — 85

فلم يك ينفعهم إيمنهم لما رأوا بأسنا

such is God's established way, already past among His obedient ones; 85

سنت ٱلله ٱلتي قد خلت في عباده

and there those who used to deny were the losers.i 85

وخسر هنالك ٱلكفرون