Sura 40: Ghãfer (Forgiver) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

حمٓhha-meem ﴿١﴾

*40:1 The initials "Hã Mîm" occur in Suras 40-46. The total frequency of occurrence of the letters "Hã" and "Mîm" in the seven suras is 2147, or 19x113 (Appendix 1).

[40:2] This revelation of the scripture is from GOD, the Almighty, the Omniscient.

تَنزِيلُtanzīluٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābiمِنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmi ﴿٢﴾

[40:3] Forgiver of sins, acceptor of repentance, strict in enforcing retribution, and possessor of all power. There is no other god beside Him. To Him is the ultimate destiny.

غَافِرِghāfiriٱلذَّنۢبِl-dhanbiوَقَابِلِwaqābiliٱلتَّوْبِl-tawbiشَدِيدِshadīdiٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābiذِىdhīٱلطَّوْلِl-ṭawliلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaإِلَيْهِilayhiٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru ﴿٣﴾

[40:4] None argues against GOD's revelations except those who disbelieve. Do not be impressed by their apparent success.

مَاmāيُجَـٰدِلُyujādiluفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiإِلَّاillāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūفَلَاfalāيَغْرُرْكَyaghrur'kaتَقَلُّبُهُمْtaqallubuhumفِىfīٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādi ﴿٤﴾

[40:5] Disbelieving before them were the people of Noah, and many other opponents after them. Every community persecuted their messenger to neutralize him. And they argued with falsehood, to defeat the truth. Consequently, I punished them; how terrible was My retribution!

كَذَّبَتْkadhabatقَبْلَهُمْqablahumقَوْمُqawmuنُوحٍnūḥinوَٱلْأَحْزَابُwal-aḥzābuمِنۢminبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimوَهَمَّتْwahammatكُلُّkulluأُمَّةٍۭummatinبِرَسُولِهِمْbirasūlihimلِيَأْخُذُوهُliyakhudhūhuوَجَـٰدَلُوا۟wajādalūبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliلِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūبِهِbihiٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqaفَأَخَذْتُهُمْfa-akhadhtuhumفَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaعِقَابِʿiqābi ﴿٥﴾

[40:6] Thus, the judgment of your Lord is already stamped upon those who disbelieve, that they are the dwellers of Hell.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaحَقَّتْḥaqqatكَلِمَتُkalimatuرَبِّكَrabbikaعَلَىʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūأَنَّهُمْannahumأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābuٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٦﴾

[40:7] Those who serve the throne and all those around it glorify and praise their Lord, and believe in Him. And they ask forgiveness for those who believe: "Our Lord, Your mercy and Your knowledge encompass all things. Forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and spare them the retribution of Hell.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَحْمِلُونَyaḥmilūnaٱلْعَرْشَl-ʿarshaوَمَنْwamanحَوْلَهُۥḥawlahuيُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiرَبِّهِمْrabbihimوَيُؤْمِنُونَwayu'minūnaبِهِۦbihiوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَwayastaghfirūnaلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūرَبَّنَاrabbanāوَسِعْتَwasiʿ'taكُلَّkullaشَىْءٍshayinرَّحْمَةًraḥmatanوَعِلْمًاwaʿil'manفَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaتَابُوا۟tābūوَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūسَبِيلَكَsabīlakaوَقِهِمْwaqihimعَذَابَʿadhābaٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi ﴿٧﴾

[40:8] "Our Lord, and admit them into the gardens of Eden that You promised for them and for the righteous among their parents, spouses, and children. You are the Almighty, Most Wise.

رَبَّنَاrabbanāوَأَدْخِلْهُمْwa-adkhil'humجَنَّـٰتِjannātiعَدْنٍʿadninٱلَّتِىallatīوَعَدتَّهُمْwaʿadttahumوَمَنwamanصَلَحَṣalaḥaمِنْminءَابَآئِهِمْābāihimوَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْwa-azwājihimوَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْwadhurriyyātihimإِنَّكَinnakaأَنتَantaٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿٨﴾

[40:9] "And protect them from falling in sin. Whomever You protect from falling in sin, on that day, has attained mercy from You. This is the greatest triumph."

وَقِهِمُwaqihimuٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātiوَمَنwamanتَقِtaqiٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātiيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinفَقَدْfaqadرَحِمْتَهُۥraḥim'tahuوَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaهُوَhuwaٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu ﴿٩﴾

[40:10] Those who disbelieve will be told, "GOD's abhorrence towards you is even worse than your own abhorrence towards yourselves. For you were invited to believe, but you chose to disbelieve."

إِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūيُنَادَوْنَyunādawnaلَمَقْتُlamaqtuٱللَّهِl-lahiأَكْبَرُakbaruمِنminمَّقْتِكُمْmaqtikumأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumإِذْidhتُدْعَوْنَtud'ʿawnaإِلَىilāٱلْإِيمَـٰنِl-īmāniفَتَكْفُرُونَfatakfurūna ﴿١٠﴾

[40:11] They will say, "Our Lord, you have put us to death twice,* and You gave us two lives; now we have confessed our sins. Is there any way out?"

قَالُوا۟qālūرَبَّنَآrabbanāأَمَتَّنَاamattanāٱثْنَتَيْنِith'natayniوَأَحْيَيْتَنَاwa-aḥyaytanāٱثْنَتَيْنِith'natayniفَٱعْتَرَفْنَاfa-iʿ'tarafnāبِذُنُوبِنَاbidhunūbināفَهَلْfahalإِلَىٰilāخُرُوجٍkhurūjinمِّنminسَبِيلٍsabīlin ﴿١١﴾

*40:11-12 The disbelievers go through two deaths, while the righteous believers do not taste death, beyond the death we already experienced (44:56). Please see Appendix 17. The reason for going to Hell is obvious; even those who believe in God associate others with Him (see 39:45).

[40:12] This is because when GOD ALONE was advocated, you disbelieved, but when others were mentioned beside Him, you believed. Therefore, GOD's judgment has been issued; He is the Most High, the Great.

ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumبِأَنَّهُۥٓbi-annahuإِذَاidhāدُعِىَduʿiyaٱللَّهُl-lahuوَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuكَفَرْتُمْkafartumوَإِنwa-inيُشْرَكْyush'rakبِهِۦbihiتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūفَٱلْحُكْمُfal-ḥuk'muلِلَّهِlillahiٱلْعَلِىِّl-ʿaliyiٱلْكَبِيرِl-kabīri ﴿١٢﴾

[40:13] He is the One who continuously shows you His proofs, and sends down to you from the sky provisions. Only those who totally submit will be able to take heed.

هُوَhuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīيُرِيكُمْyurīkumءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiوَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluلَكُمlakumمِّنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiرِزْقًاriz'qanوَمَاwamāيَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruإِلَّاillāمَنmanيُنِيبُyunību ﴿١٣﴾

[40:14] Therefore, you shall devote your worship absolutely to GOD ALONE, even if the disbelievers dislike it.

فَٱدْعُوا۟fa-id'ʿūٱللَّهَl-lahaمُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīnaلَهُlahuٱلدِّينَl-dīnaوَلَوْwalawكَرِهَkarihaٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna ﴿١٤﴾

[40:15] Possessor of the highest ranks, and Ruler of the whole dominion. He sends inspiration, bearing His commands, to whomever He chooses from among His servants, to warn about the Day of Summoning.

رَفِيعُrafīʿuٱلدَّرَجَـٰتِl-darajātiذُوdhūٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiيُلْقِىyul'qīٱلرُّوحَl-rūḥaمِنْminأَمْرِهِۦamrihiعَلَىٰʿalāمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuمِنْminعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiلِيُنذِرَliyundhiraيَوْمَyawmaٱلتَّلَاقِl-talāqi ﴿١٥﴾

[40:16] That is the day when everyone will be completely exposed; none of them will hide anything from GOD. To whom belongs all sovereignty on that day? To GOD, the One, the Supreme.

يَوْمَyawmaهُمhumبَـٰرِزُونَbārizūnaلَاlāيَخْفَىٰyakhfāعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنْهُمْmin'humشَىْءٌshayonلِّمَنِlimaniٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'kuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaلِلَّهِlillahiٱلْوَٰحِدِl-wāḥidiٱلْقَهَّارِl-qahāri ﴿١٦﴾

[40:17] On that day, every soul will be requited for whatever it had earned. There will be no injustice on that day. GOD is most efficient in reckoning.

ٱلْيَوْمَal-yawmaتُجْزَىٰtuj'zāكُلُّkulluنَفْسٍۭnafsinبِمَاbimāكَسَبَتْkasabatلَاlāظُلْمَẓul'maٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaسَرِيعُsarīʿuٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi ﴿١٧﴾

[40:18] Warn them about the imminent day, when the hearts will be terrified, and many will be remorseful. The transgressors will have no friend nor an intercessor to be obeyed.

وَأَنذِرْهُمْwa-andhir'humيَوْمَyawmaٱلْـَٔازِفَةِl-āzifatiإِذِidhiٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuلَدَىladāٱلْحَنَاجِرِl-ḥanājiriكَـٰظِمِينَkāẓimīnaمَاmāلِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnaمِنْminحَمِيمٍḥamīminوَلَاwalāشَفِيعٍshafīʿinيُطَاعُyuṭāʿu ﴿١٨﴾

[40:19] He is fully aware of what the eyes cannot see, and everything that the minds conceal.

يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuخَآئِنَةَkhāinataٱلْأَعْيُنِl-aʿyuniوَمَاwamāتُخْفِىtukh'fīٱلصُّدُورُl-ṣudūru ﴿١٩﴾

[40:20] GOD judges equitably, while the idols they implore beside Him cannot judge anything. GOD is the One who is the Hearer, the Seer.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuيَقْضِىyaqḍīبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيَدْعُونَyadʿūnaمِنminدُونِهِۦdūnihiلَاlāيَقْضُونَyaqḍūnaبِشَىْءٍbishayinإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaهُوَhuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīru ﴿٢٠﴾

[40:21] Did they not roam the earth and note the consequences for those before them? They used to be stronger than they, and more productive on earth. But GOD punished them for their sins, and nothing could protect them from GOD.

أَوَلَمْawalamيَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūكَيْفَkayfaكَانَkānaعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَانُوا۟kānūمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimكَانُوا۟kānūهُمْhumأَشَدَّashaddaمِنْهُمْmin'humقُوَّةًquwwatanوَءَاثَارًاwaāthāranفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuٱللَّهُl-lahuبِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimوَمَاwamāكَانَkānaلَهُمlahumمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنminوَاقٍwāqin ﴿٢١﴾

[40:22] That is because their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved. Consequently, GOD punished them. He is Mighty, strict in enforcing retribution.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaبِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumكَانَتkānatتَّأْتِيهِمْtatīhimرُسُلُهُمrusuluhumبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiفَكَفَرُوا۟fakafarūفَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuٱللَّهُl-lahuإِنَّهُۥinnahuقَوِىٌّqawiyyunشَدِيدُshadīduٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi ﴿٢٢﴾

[40:23] We sent Moses with our signs and a profound authority.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadوَسُلْطَـٰنٍwasul'ṭāninأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمُّبِينٍmubīninمُوسَىٰmūsāبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā ﴿٢٣﴾

[40:24] To Pharaoh, Hãmãn, and Qãroon. But they said, "A magician; a liar."

إِلَىٰilāفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaوَهَـٰمَـٰنَwahāmānaوَقَـٰرُونَwaqārūnaفَقَالُوا۟faqālūسَـٰحِرٌsāḥirunكَذَّابٌkadhābun ﴿٢٤﴾

[40:25] And when he showed them the truth from us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who believed with him, and spare their daughters." Thus, the scheming of the disbelievers is always wicked.

فَلَمَّاfalammāجَآءَهُمjāahumبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiمِنْminعِندِنَاʿindināقَالُوا۟qālūٱقْتُلُوٓا۟uq'tulūأَبْنَآءَabnāaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūمَعَهُۥmaʿahuوَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟wa-is'taḥyūنِسَآءَهُمْnisāahumوَمَاwamāكَيْدُkayduٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnaإِلَّاillāفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālin ﴿٢٥﴾

[40:26] Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses, and let him implore his Lord. I worry lest he corrupts your religion, or spreads evil throughout the land."

وَقَالَwaqālaفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuذَرُونِىٓdharūnīأَقْتُلْaqtulمُوسَىٰmūsāوَلْيَدْعُwalyadʿuرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuإِنِّىٓinnīأَخَافُakhāfuأَنanيُبَدِّلَyubaddilaدِينَكُمْdīnakumأَوْawأَنanيُظْهِرَyuẓ'hiraفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiٱلْفَسَادَl-fasāda ﴿٢٦﴾

[40:27] Moses said, "I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning."

وَقَالَwaqālaمُوسَىٰٓmūsāإِنِّىinnīعُذْتُʿudh'tuبِرَبِّىbirabbīوَرَبِّكُمwarabbikumمِّنminكُلِّkulliمُتَكَبِّرٍmutakabbirinلَّاlāيُؤْمِنُyu'minuبِيَوْمِbiyawmiٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi ﴿٢٧﴾

[40:28] A believing man among Pharaoh's people, who was concealing his belief, said, "How can you kill a man just for saying, 'My Lord is GOD,' and he has shown you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, that is his problem, and if he is truthful, you benefit from his promises. Surely, GOD does not guide any transgressor, liar.

كَذِبُهُۥkadhibuhuوَقَالَwaqālaرَجُلٌrajulunمُّؤْمِنٌmu'minunمِّنْminءَالِāliفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaيَكْتُمُyaktumuإِيمَـٰنَهُۥٓīmānahuأَتَقْتُلُونَataqtulūnaرَجُلًاrajulanأَنanيَقُولَyaqūlaرَبِّىَrabbiyaٱللَّهُl-lahuوَقَدْwaqadجَآءَكُمjāakumبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiمِنminرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumوَإِنwa-inيَكُyakuكَـٰذِبًاkādhibanفَعَلَيْهِfaʿalayhiوَإِنwa-inيَكُyakuصَادِقًاṣādiqanيُصِبْكُمyuṣib'kumبَعْضُbaʿḍuٱلَّذِىalladhīيَعِدُكُمْyaʿidukumإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَاlāيَهْدِىyahdīمَنْmanهُوَhuwaمُسْرِفٌmus'rifunكَذَّابٌkadhābun ﴿٢٨﴾

[40:29] "O my people, today you have kingship and the upperhand. But who will help us against GOD's judgment, should it come to us?" Pharaoh said, "You are to follow only what I see fit; I will guide you only in the right path."

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiلَكُمُlakumuٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'kuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَمَنfamanيَنصُرُنَاyanṣurunāمِنۢminبَأْسِbasiٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنinجَآءَنَاjāanāقَالَqālaفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuمَآmāأُرِيكُمْurīkumإِلَّاillāمَآmāأَرَىٰarāوَمَآwamāأَهْدِيكُمْahdīkumإِلَّاillāسَبِيلَsabīlaٱلرَّشَادِl-rashādi ﴿٢٩﴾

[40:30] The one who believed said, "O my people, I fear for you the same fate as the previous opponents.

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِىٓalladhīءَامَنَāmanaيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiإِنِّىٓinnīأَخَافُakhāfuعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumمِّثْلَmith'laيَوْمِyawmiٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābi ﴿٣٠﴾

[40:31] "The opponents of Noah, and 'Ãd, Thamûd, and others who came after them. GOD does not wish any injustice for the people.

مِثْلَmith'laدَأْبِdabiقَوْمِqawmiنُوحٍnūḥinوَعَادٍwaʿādinوَثَمُودَwathamūdaوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaمِنۢminبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimوَمَاwamāٱللَّهُl-lahuيُرِيدُyurīduظُلْمًاẓul'manلِّلْعِبَادِlil'ʿibādi ﴿٣١﴾

[40:32] "O my people, I fear for you the Day of Summoning.

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiإِنِّىٓinnīأَخَافُakhāfuعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumيَوْمَyawmaٱلتَّنَادِl-tanādi ﴿٣٢﴾

[40:33] "That is the day when you may wish to turn around and flee. But nothing will protect you then from GOD. Whomever GOD sends astray, nothing can guide him."

يَوْمَyawmaتُوَلُّونَtuwallūnaمُدْبِرِينَmud'birīnaمَاmāلَكُمlakumمِّنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنْminعَاصِمٍʿāṣiminوَمَنwamanيُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliٱللَّهُl-lahuفَمَاfamāلَهُۥlahuمِنْminهَادٍhādin ﴿٣٣﴾

[40:34] Joseph had come to you before that with clear revelations, but you continued to doubt his message. Then, when he died you said, "GOD will not send any other messenger after him. (He was the last messenger)!"** GOD thus sends astray those who are transgressors, doubtful.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadجَآءَكُمْjāakumيُوسُفُyūsufuمِنminقَبْلُqabluبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiفَمَاfamāزِلْتُمْzil'tumفِىfīشَكٍّshakkinمِّمَّاmimmāجَآءَكُمjāakumبِهِۦbihiحَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāهَلَكَhalakaقُلْتُمْqul'tumلَنlanيَبْعَثَyabʿathaٱللَّهُl-lahuمِنۢminبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiرَسُولًاrasūlanكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيُضِلُّyuḍilluٱللَّهُl-lahuمَنْmanهُوَhuwaمُسْرِفٌmus'rifunمُّرْتَابٌmur'tābun ﴿٣٤﴾

*40:34 The Jews refused to believe in the Messiah when he came to them, the Christians refused to believe in Muhammad when he came to them, and a majority of today's Muslims believe that Muhammad was the last messenger. On that erroneous basis, they refused to accept God's Messenger of the Covenant. We learn from 3:81-90 and 33:7 that those who fail to accept the Quranic injunction to "believe in and support God's Messenger of the Covenant" are no longer believers. See Appendices 2 & 26. **40:34 It is noteworthy that we find the name "Rashad" in the Arabic text precisely four verses ahead of the injunction against saying "the last messenger," and also four verses after it.

[40:35] They argue against GOD's revelations, without any basis. This is a trait that is most abhorred by GOD and by those who believe. GOD thus seals the hearts of every arrogant tyrant.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُجَـٰدِلُونَyujādilūnaفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiبِغَيْرِbighayriسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninأَتَىٰهُمْatāhumكَبُرَkaburaمَقْتًاmaqtanعِندَʿindaٱللَّهِl-lahiوَعِندَwaʿindaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيَطْبَعُyaṭbaʿuٱللَّهُl-lahuعَلَىٰʿalāكُلِّkulliقَلْبِqalbiمُتَكَبِّرٍmutakabbirinجَبَّارٍjabbārin ﴿٣٥﴾

[40:36] Pharaoh said, "O Hãmãn, build for me a high tower, that I may reach out and discover.

وَقَالَwaqālaفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuيَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُyāhāmānuٱبْنِib'niلِىlīصَرْحًاṣarḥanلَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīأَبْلُغُablughuٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَl-asbāba ﴿٣٦﴾

[40:37] "I want to reach the heaven, and take a look at the god of Moses. I believe he is a liar." Thus were the evil works of Pharaoh adorned in his eyes, and thus was he kept from following (the right) path. Pharaoh's scheming was truly evil.

أَسْبَـٰبَasbābaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiفَأَطَّلِعَfa-aṭṭaliʿaإِلَىٰٓilāإِلَـٰهِilāhiمُوسَىٰmūsāوَإِنِّىwa-innīلَأَظُنُّهُۥla-aẓunnuhuكَـٰذِبًاkādhibanوَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaزُيِّنَzuyyinaلِفِرْعَوْنَlifir'ʿawnaسُوٓءُsūuعَمَلِهِۦʿamalihiوَصُدَّwaṣuddaعَنِʿaniٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliوَمَاwamāكَيْدُkayduفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaإِلَّاillāفِىfīتَبَابٍtabābin ﴿٣٧﴾

[40:38] The one who believed said, "O my people, follow me, and I will guide you in the right way.

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِىٓalladhīءَامَنَāmanaيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiٱتَّبِعُونِittabiʿūniأَهْدِكُمْahdikumسَبِيلَsabīlaٱلرَّشَادِl-rashādi ﴿٣٨﴾

[40:39] "O my people, this first life is a temporary illusion, while the Hereafter is the eternal abode."

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiإِنَّمَاinnamāهَـٰذِهِhādhihiٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāمَتَـٰعٌmatāʿunوَإِنَّwa-innaٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhirataهِىَhiyaدَارُdāruٱلْقَرَارِl-qarāri ﴿٣٩﴾

[40:40] Whoever commits a sin is requited for just that, and whoever works righteousness - male or female - while believing, these will enter Paradise wherein they receive provisions without any limits.

مَنْmanعَمِلَʿamilaسَيِّئَةًsayyi-atanفَلَاfalāيُجْزَىٰٓyuj'zāإِلَّاillāمِثْلَهَاmith'lahāوَمَنْwamanعَمِلَʿamilaصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanمِّنminذَكَرٍdhakarinأَوْawأُنثَىٰunthāوَهُوَwahuwaمُؤْمِنٌmu'minunفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaيَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnaٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataيُرْزَقُونَyur'zaqūnaفِيهَاfīhāبِغَيْرِbighayriحِسَابٍḥisābin ﴿٤٠﴾

[40:41] "O my people, while I invite you to be saved, you invite me to the hellfire.

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiمَاmāلِىٓlīأَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkumإِلَىilāٱلنَّجَوٰةِl-najatiوَتَدْعُونَنِىٓwatadʿūnanīإِلَىilāٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٤١﴾

[40:42] "You invite me to be unappreciative of GOD, and to set up beside Him idols that I do not recognize. I am inviting you to the Almighty, the Forgiver.

تَدْعُونَنِىtadʿūnanīلِأَكْفُرَli-akfuraبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiوَأُشْرِكَwa-ush'rikaبِهِۦbihiمَاmāلَيْسَlaysaلِىlīبِهِۦbihiعِلْمٌʿil'munوَأَنَا۠wa-anāأَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkumإِلَىilāٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziٱلْغَفَّـٰرِl-ghafāri ﴿٤٢﴾

[40:43] "There is no doubt that what you invite me to do has no basis in this world, nor in the Hereafter, that our ultimate return is to GOD, and that the transgressors have incurred the hellfire.

لَاlāجَرَمَjaramaأَنَّمَاannamāتَدْعُونَنِىٓtadʿūnanīإِلَيْهِilayhiلَيْسَlaysaلَهُۥlahuدَعْوَةٌdaʿwatunفِىfīٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَلَاwalāفِىfīٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiوَأَنَّwa-annaمَرَدَّنَآmaraddanāإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiوَأَنَّwa-annaٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnaهُمْhumأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābuٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٤٣﴾

[40:44] "Some day you will remember what I am telling you now. I leave the judgment of this matter to GOD; GOD is the Seer of all the people."

فَسَتَذْكُرُونَfasatadhkurūnaمَآmāأَقُولُaqūluلَكُمْlakumوَأُفَوِّضُwa-ufawwiḍuأَمْرِىٓamrīإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaبَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrunبِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādi ﴿٤٤﴾

[40:45] GOD then protected him from their evil schemes, while the people of Pharaoh have incurred the worst retribution.

فَوَقَىٰهُfawaqāhuٱللَّهُl-lahuسَيِّـَٔاتِsayyiātiمَاmāمَكَرُوا۟makarūوَحَاقَwaḥāqaبِـَٔالِbiāliفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaسُوٓءُsūuٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi ﴿٤٥﴾

[40:46] The Hell will be shown to them day and night, and on the Day of Resurrection: "Admit Pharaoh's people into the worst retribution."

ٱلنَّارُal-nāruيُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūnaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāغُدُوًّاghuduwwanوَعَشِيًّاwaʿashiyyanوَيَوْمَwayawmaتَقُومُtaqūmuٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuأَدْخِلُوٓا۟adkhilūءَالَālaفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaأَشَدَّashaddaٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi ﴿٤٦﴾

[40:47] As they argue in Hell, the followers will say to their leaders, "We used to be your followers, can you spare us any part of this Hell?"

وَإِذْwa-idhيَتَحَآجُّونَyataḥājjūnaفِىfīٱلنَّارِl-nāriفَيَقُولُfayaqūluٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟l-ḍuʿafāuلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarūإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāلَكُمْlakumتَبَعًاtabaʿanفَهَلْfahalأَنتُمantumمُّغْنُونَmugh'nūnaعَنَّاʿannāنَصِيبًاnaṣībanمِّنَminaٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٤٧﴾

[40:48] The leaders will say, "We are all in this together. GOD has judged among the people."

قَالَqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarūإِنَّاinnāكُلٌّkullunفِيهَآfīhāإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaقَدْqadحَكَمَḥakamaبَيْنَbaynaٱلْعِبَادِl-ʿibādi ﴿٤٨﴾

[40:49] Those in the hellfire will say to the guardians of Hell, "Call upon your Lord to reduce the retribution for us, for even one day."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaفِىfīٱلنَّارِl-nāriلِخَزَنَةِlikhazanatiجَهَنَّمَjahannamaٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūرَبَّكُمْrabbakumيُخَفِّفْyukhaffifعَنَّاʿannāيَوْمًاyawmanمِّنَminaٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi ﴿٤٩﴾

[40:50] They will say, "Did you not receive your messengers who delivered to you clear messages?" They will reply, "Yes we did." They will say, "Then implore (as much as you wish); the imploring of the disbelievers is always in vain."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūأَوَلَمْawalamتَكُtakuتَأْتِيكُمْtatīkumرُسُلُكُمrusulukumبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiقَالُوا۟qālūبَلَىٰbalāقَالُوا۟qālūفَٱدْعُوا۟fa-id'ʿūوَمَاwamāدُعَـٰٓؤُا۟duʿāuٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnaإِلَّاillāفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālin ﴿٥٠﴾

[40:51] Most assuredly, we will give victory to our messengers and to those who believe, both in this world and on the day the witnesses are summoned.

إِنَّاinnāلَنَنصُرُlananṣuruرُسُلَنَاrusulanāوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūفِىfīٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَيَوْمَwayawmaيَقُومُyaqūmuٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُl-ashhādu ﴿٥١﴾

[40:52] On that day, the apologies of the disbelievers will not benefit them. They have incurred condemnation; they have incurred the worst destiny.

يَوْمَyawmaلَاlāيَنفَعُyanfaʿuٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnaمَعْذِرَتُهُمْmaʿdhiratuhumوَلَهُمُwalahumuٱللَّعْنَةُl-laʿnatuوَلَهُمْwalahumسُوٓءُsūuٱلدَّارِl-dāri ﴿٥٢﴾

[40:53] We have given Moses the guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the scripture.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadءَاتَيْنَاātaynāمُوسَىmūsāٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāوَأَوْرَثْنَاwa-awrathnāبَنِىٓbanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba ﴿٥٣﴾

[40:54] (Their history) is a lesson and a reminder for those who possess intelligence.

هُدًىhudanوَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāلِأُو۟لِىli-ulīٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi ﴿٥٤﴾

[40:55] Therefore, be patient, for GOD's promise is true, and ask forgiveness for your sin, and glorify and praise your Lord night and day.

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birإِنَّinnaوَعْدَwaʿdaٱللَّهِl-lahiحَقٌّḥaqqunوَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirلِذَنۢبِكَlidhanbikaوَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiرَبِّكَrabbikaبِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiوَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِwal-ib'kāri ﴿٥٥﴾

[40:56] Surely, those who argue against GOD's revelations without proof are exposing the arrogance that is hidden inside their chests, and they are not even aware of it. Therefore, seek refuge in GOD; He is the Hearer, the Seer.

إِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُجَـٰدِلُونَyujādilūnaفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiبِغَيْرِbighayriسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninأَتَىٰهُمْatāhumإِنinفِىfīصُدُورِهِمْṣudūrihimإِلَّاillāكِبْرٌkib'runمَّاmāهُمhumبِبَـٰلِغِيهِbibālighīhiفَٱسْتَعِذْfa-is'taʿidhبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīru ﴿٥٦﴾

[40:57] The creation of the heavens and the earth is even more awesome than the creation of the human being, but most people do not know.

لَخَلْقُlakhalquٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiأَكْبَرُakbaruمِنْminخَلْقِkhalqiٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٥٧﴾

[40:58] Not equal are the blind and the seer. Nor are those who believe and work righteousness equal to the sinners. Rarely do you take heed.

وَمَاwamāيَسْتَوِىyastawīٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāوَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiوَلَاwalāٱلْمُسِىٓءُl-musīuقَلِيلًاqalīlanمَّاmāتَتَذَكَّرُونَtatadhakkarūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[40:59] Most certainly, the Hour (Day of Judgment) is coming, no doubt about it, but most people do not believe.

إِنَّinnaٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿataلَـَٔاتِيَةٌlaātiyatunلَّاlāرَيْبَraybaفِيهَاfīhāوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٥٩﴾

[40:60] Your Lord says, "Implore Me, and I will respond to you. Surely, those who are too arrogant to worship Me will enter Gehenna, forcibly."

وَقَالَwaqālaرَبُّكُمُrabbukumuٱدْعُونِىٓid'ʿūnīأَسْتَجِبْastajibلَكُمْlakumإِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnaعَنْʿanعِبَادَتِىʿibādatīسَيَدْخُلُونَsayadkhulūnaجَهَنَّمَjahannamaدَاخِرِينَdākhirīna ﴿٦٠﴾

*40:60 Supplication, imploring God for anything, even material luxuries, is a form of worship. Hence the commandment to implore God whenever we have any need. An atheist will never implore God for anything.

[40:61] GOD is the One who designed the night so you can rest in it, and the day lighted. GOD bestows many blessings upon the people, but most people are not thankful.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuٱلَّذِىalladhīجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلَّيْلَal-laylaلِتَسْكُنُوا۟litaskunūفِيهِfīhiوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraمُبْصِرًاmub'ṣiranإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَذُوladhūفَضْلٍfaḍlinعَلَىʿalāٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَشْكُرُونَyashkurūna ﴿٦١﴾

[40:62] Such is GOD your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no god except He. How could you deviate?

ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuٱللَّهُl-lahuرَبُّكُمْrabbukumخَـٰلِقُkhāliquكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinلَّآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaفَأَنَّىٰfa-annāتُؤْفَكُونَtu'fakūna ﴿٦٢﴾

[40:63] Deviating are those who disregard GOD's revelations.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيُؤْفَكُyu'fakuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَانُوا۟kānūبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiيَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūna ﴿٦٣﴾

[40:64] GOD is the One who rendered the earth habitable for you, and the sky a formidable structure, and He designed you, and designed you well. He is the One who provides you with good provisions.* Such is GOD your Lord; Most Exalted is GOD, Lord of the universe.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuٱلَّذِىalladhīجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaقَرَارًاqarāranوَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaبِنَآءًbināanوَصَوَّرَكُمْwaṣawwarakumفَأَحْسَنَfa-aḥsanaصُوَرَكُمْṣuwarakumوَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakumمِّنَminaٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātiذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuٱللَّهُl-lahuرَبُّكُمْrabbukumفَتَبَارَكَfatabārakaٱللَّهُl-lahuرَبُّrabbuٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna ﴿٦٤﴾

*40:64 See Footnotes 15:20, 20:54, 25:2, and 35:12-13.

[40:65] He is the Living; there is no god except He. You shall worship Him alone, devoting your religion absolutely to Him alone. Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe.

هُوَhuwaٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaفَٱدْعُوهُfa-id'ʿūhuمُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīnaلَهُlahuٱلدِّينَl-dīnaٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduلِلَّهِlillahiرَبِّrabbiٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna ﴿٦٥﴾

[40:66] Say, "I have been enjoined from worshiping the idols you worship beside GOD, when the clear revelations came to me from my Lord. I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the universe."*

قُلْqulإِنِّىinnīنُهِيتُnuhītuأَنْanأَعْبُدَaʿbudaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaتَدْعُونَtadʿūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiلَمَّاlammāجَآءَنِىَjāaniyaٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuمِنminرَّبِّىrabbīوَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tuأَنْanأُسْلِمَus'limaلِرَبِّlirabbiٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna ﴿٦٦﴾

*40:66 The Arabic word "Nahaa" used in this verse indicates the stopping of something that was going on. See for example the same word in 4:171. See also 93:7.

[40:67] He is the One who created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, then from a hanging embryo, then He brings you out as a child, then He lets you reach maturity, then you become old - some of you die earlier. You attain a predetermined age, that you may understand.

هُوَhuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīخَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumمِّنminتُرَابٍturābinثُمَّthummaمِنminنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatinثُمَّthummaمِنْminعَلَقَةٍʿalaqatinثُمَّthummaيُخْرِجُكُمْyukh'rijukumطِفْلًاṭif'lanثُمَّthummaلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughūأَشُدَّكُمْashuddakumثُمَّthummaلِتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūشُيُوخًاshuyūkhanوَمِنكُمwaminkumمَّنmanيُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffāمِنminقَبْلُqabluوَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟walitablughūأَجَلًاajalanمُّسَمًّىmusammanوَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿٦٧﴾

[40:68] He is the only One who controls life and death. To have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.

هُوَhuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīوَيُمِيتُwayumītuفَإِذَاfa-idhāقَضَىٰٓqaḍāأَمْرًاamranفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāيَقُولُyaqūluلَهُۥlahuكُنkunفَيَكُونُfayakūnu ﴿٦٨﴾

[40:69] Have you noted those who argue against GOD's proofs, and how they have deviated?

أَلَمْalamتَرَtaraإِلَىilāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُجَـٰدِلُونَyujādilūnaفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiأَنَّىٰannāيُصْرَفُونَyuṣ'rafūna ﴿٦٩﴾

[40:70] They are the ones who have disbelieved in the scripture, and in the messages we have sent with our messengers. Therefore, they will surely find out.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiوَبِمَآwabimāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāبِهِۦbihiرُسُلَنَاrusulanāفَسَوْفَfasawfaيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٧٠﴾

[40:71] The shackles will be around their necks, and the chains will be used to drag them.

إِذِidhiٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُl-aghlāluفِىٓfīأَعْنَـٰقِهِمْaʿnāqihimوَٱلسَّلَـٰسِلُwal-salāsiluيُسْحَبُونَyus'ḥabūna ﴿٧١﴾

[40:72] In the Inferno,* then in the Fire, they will burn.

فِىfīٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmiثُمَّthummaفِىfīٱلنَّارِl-nāriيُسْجَرُونَyus'jarūna ﴿٧٢﴾

*40:72 Those who did not prepare themselves will suffer tremendously in the presence of God, on the Day of Judgment. They cannot stand the closeness to God due to lack of sufficient growth and development of their souls. I am using "Inferno" to describe this particular situation (55:44). Preparation of the soul is accomplished by the rites decreed by God, such as the Contact Prayer.

[40:73] They will be asked, "Where are the idols you used to worship,

ثُمَّthummaقِيلَqīlaلَهُمْlahumأَيْنَaynaمَاmāكُنتُمْkuntumتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūna ﴿٧٣﴾

[40:74] "beside GOD?" They will say, "They have abandoned us. In fact, when we worshiped them, we were worshiping nothing." Thus does GOD send the disbelievers astray.

مِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiقَالُوا۟qālūضَلُّوا۟ḍallūعَنَّاʿannāبَلbalلَّمْlamنَكُنnakunنَّدْعُوا۟nadʿūمِنminقَبْلُqabluشَيْـًٔاshayanكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيُضِلُّyuḍilluٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna ﴿٧٤﴾

[40:75] This is because you used to rejoice in false doctrines, on earth, and you used to promote them.

ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumبِمَاbimāكُنتُمْkuntumتَفْرَحُونَtafraḥūnaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiبِغَيْرِbighayriٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiوَبِمَاwabimāكُنتُمْkuntumتَمْرَحُونَtamraḥūna ﴿٧٥﴾

[40:76] Enter the gates of Gehenna, wherein you abide forever. What a miserable destiny for the arrogant ones.

ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ud'khulūأَبْوَٰبَabwābaجَهَنَّمَjahannamaخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaفِيهَاfīhāفَبِئْسَfabi'saمَثْوَىmathwāٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَl-mutakabirīna ﴿٧٦﴾

[40:77] You shall be patient, for GOD's promise is truth. Whether we show you some of (the retribution) we have promised for them, or terminate your life before that, they will be returned to us.

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birإِنَّinnaوَعْدَwaʿdaٱللَّهِl-lahiحَقٌّḥaqqunفَإِمَّاfa-immāنُرِيَنَّكَnuriyannakaبَعْضَbaʿḍaٱلَّذِىalladhīنَعِدُهُمْnaʿiduhumأَوْawنَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَnatawaffayannakaفَإِلَيْنَاfa-ilaynāيُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūna ﴿٧٧﴾

[40:78] We have sent messengers before you - some of them we mentioned to you, and some we did not mention to you. No messenger can produce any miracle without GOD's authorization.* Once GOD's judgment is issued, the truth dominates, and the falsifiers are exposed and humiliated.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnaأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāرُسُلًاrusulanمِّنminقَبْلِكَqablikaمِنْهُمmin'humمَّنmanقَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaوَمِنْهُمwamin'humمَّنmanلَّمْlamنَقْصُصْnaqṣuṣعَلَيْكَʿalaykaوَمَاwamāكَانَkānaلِرَسُولٍlirasūlinأَنanيَأْتِىَyatiyaبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinإِلَّاillāبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niٱللَّهِl-lahiفَإِذَاfa-idhāجَآءَjāaأَمْرُamruٱللَّهِl-lahiقُضِىَquḍiyaبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَخَسِرَwakhasiraهُنَالِكَhunālika ﴿٧٨﴾

*40:78 We learn from 17:45-46, 18:57, and 56:79 that the unbelievers have no access to the Quran; only the believers and the sincere seekers are permitted by God to understand it. The Quran's mathematical code, "One of the great miracles" (74:30-35), was authorized by God, and revealed through His Messenger of the Covenant (Appendix 2).

[40:79] GOD is the One who created the livestock for you; some you ride, and some you eat.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuٱلَّذِىalladhīجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَl-anʿāmaلِتَرْكَبُوا۟litarkabūمِنْهَاmin'hāوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿٧٩﴾

[40:80] They also provide you with additional benefits that satisfy many of your needs. On them, as well as on the ships, you are carried.

وَلَكُمْwalakumفِيهَاfīhāمَنَـٰفِعُmanāfiʿuوَلِتَبْلُغُوا۟walitablughūعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāحَاجَةًḥājatanفِىfīصُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikumوَعَلَيْهَاwaʿalayhāوَعَلَىwaʿalāٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kiتُحْمَلُونَtuḥ'malūna ﴿٨٠﴾

[40:81] He thus shows you His proofs. Which of GOD's proofs can you deny?

وَيُرِيكُمْwayurīkumءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiفَأَىَّfa-ayyaءَايَـٰتِāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiتُنكِرُونَtunkirūna ﴿٨١﴾

[40:82] Have they not roamed the earth and noted the consequences for those who preceded them? They used to be greater in number, greater in power, and possessed a greater legacy on earth. Yet, all their achievements did not help them in the least.

أَفَلَمْafalamيَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūكَيْفَkayfaكَانَkānaعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimكَانُوٓا۟kānūأَكْثَرَaktharaمِنْهُمْmin'humوَأَشَدَّwa-ashaddaقُوَّةًquwwatanوَءَاثَارًاwaāthāranفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَمَآfamāأَغْنَىٰaghnāعَنْهُمʿanhumمَّاmāكَانُوا۟kānūيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna ﴿٨٢﴾

[40:83] When their messengers went to them with clear proofs, they rejoiced in the knowledge they had inherited, and the very things they ridiculed were the cause of their fall.

فَلَمَّاfalammāجَآءَتْهُمْjāathumرُسُلُهُمrusuluhumبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiفَرِحُوا۟fariḥūبِمَاbimāعِندَهُمʿindahumمِّنَminaٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'miوَحَاقَwaḥāqaبِهِمbihimمَّاmāكَانُوا۟kānūبِهِۦbihiيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna ﴿٨٣﴾

[40:84] Subsequently, when they saw our retribution they said, "Now we believe in GOD ALONE, and we now disbelieve in the idol worship that we used to practice."

فَلَمَّاfalammāرَأَوْا۟ra-awبَأْسَنَاbasanāقَالُوٓا۟qālūءَامَنَّاāmannāبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiوَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuوَكَفَرْنَاwakafarnāبِمَاbimāكُنَّاkunnāبِهِۦbihiمُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīna ﴿٨٤﴾

[40:85] Their belief then could not help them in the least, once they saw our retribution. Such is GOD's system that has been established to deal with His creatures; the disbelievers are always doomed.

فَلَمْfalamيَكُyakuيَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumإِيمَـٰنُهُمْīmānuhumلَمَّاlammāرَأَوْا۟ra-awبَأْسَنَاbasanāسُنَّتَsunnataٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلَّتِىallatīقَدْqadخَلَتْkhalatفِىfīعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiوَخَسِرَwakhasiraهُنَالِكَhunālikaٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna ﴿٨٥﴾

Sura 40: Ghãfer (Forgiver) غافر

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