Surah Ghafir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 40:1 ▶

   حمٓ ﴿١﴾

   ḥā-mīm

   Ḥā, Meem.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 40:2 ▶

   تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

   tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīm

   The revelation of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,

3. 40:3 ▶

   غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٣﴾

   ghāfiri dh-dhambi waqābili t-tawbi shadīdi l-ʿiqābi dhi ṭ-ṭawli lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | ilayhi l-maṣīr

   The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

4. 40:4 ▶

   مَا يُجَـٰدِلُ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ﴿٤﴾

   mā yujādilu fī 'āyāti llāhi 'illa lladhīna kafarū falā yaghrurka taqallubuhum fi l-bilād

   No one disputes concerning the signs of Allāh except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land.

5. 40:5 ▶

   كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ ﴿٥﴾

   kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wal-aḥzābu mim baʿdihim | wahammat kullu 'ummatim birasūlihim liya'khudhūh | wajādalū bil-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqqa fa'akhadhtuhum | fakayfa kāna ʿiqāb

   The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

6. 40:6 ▶

   وَكَذَٰلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٦﴾

   wakadhālika ḥaqqat kalimatu rabbika ʿala lladhīna kafarū 'annahum 'aṣḥābu n-nār

   And thus has the word [i.e., decree] of your Lord come into effect upon those who disbelieved that they are companions of the Fire.

7. 40:7 ▶

   ٱلَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَٱغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٧﴾

   alladhīna yaḥmilūna l-ʿarsha waman ḥawlahū yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wayu'minūna bihī wayastaghfirūna lilladhīna 'āmanū rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shay'ir raḥmataw waʿilman faghfir lilladhīna tābū wattabaʿū sabīlaka waqihim ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

   Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.

8. 40:8 ▶

   رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٨﴾

   rabbanā wa'adkhilhum jannāti ʿadnini llatī waʿattahum waman ṣalaḥa min 'ābā'ihim wa'azwājihim wadhurriyyātihim | innaka 'anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

   Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

9. 40:9 ▶

   وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۥ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٩﴾

   waqihimu s-sayyi'āt | waman taqi s-sayyi'āti yawma'idhin faqad raḥimtah | wadhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

   And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment."

10. 40:10 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ مِن مَّقْتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ إِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    inna lladhīna kafarū yunādawna lamaqtu llāhi 'akbaru mim maqtikum 'anfusakum 'idh tudʿawna 'ila l-īmāni fatakfurūn

    Indeed, those who disbelieve will be addressed, "The hatred of Allāh for you was [even] greater than your hatred of yourselves [this Day in Hell] when you were invited to faith, but you disbelieved [i.e., refused]."

11. 40:11 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ ﴿١١﴾

    qālū rabbanā 'amattana thnatayni wa'aḥyaytana thnatayni faʿtarafnā bidhunūbinā fahal 'ilā khurūjim min sabīl

    They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"

12. 40:12 ▶

    ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ ﴿١٢﴾

    dhālikum bi'annahū 'idhā duʿiya llāhu waḥdahū kafartum | wa'iy yushrak bihī tu'minū | fal-ḥukmu lillāhi l-ʿaliyyi l-kabīr

    [They will be told], "That is because, when Allāh was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allāh, the Most High, the Grand."

13. 40:13 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقًا ۚ وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا مَن يُنِيبُ ﴿١٣﴾

    huwa lladhī yurīkum 'āyātihī wayunazzilu lakum mina s-samā'i rizqā | wamā yatadhakkaru 'illā may yunīb

    It is He who shows you His signs and sends down to you from the sky, provision. But none will remember except he who turns back [in repentance].

14. 40:14 ▶

    فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    fadʿu llāha mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīna walaw kariha l-kāfirūn

    So invoke Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.

15. 40:15 ▶

    رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ ﴿١٥﴾

    rafīʿu d-darajāti dhu l-ʿarshi yulqi r-rūḥa min 'amrihī ʿalā may yashā'u min ʿibādihī liyundhira yawma t-talāq

    [He is] the Exalted above [all] degrees, Owner of the Throne; He places the inspiration of His command [i.e., revelation] upon whom He wills of His servants to warn of the Day of Meeting.

16. 40:16 ▶

    يَوْمَ هُم بَـٰرِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ ﴿١٦﴾

    yawma hum bārizūn | lā yakhfā ʿala llāhi minhum shay' | limani l-mulku l-yawm | lillāhi l-wāḥidi l-qahhār

    The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allāh. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.

    Refer to footnotes in 12:39.

17. 40:17 ▶

    ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۚ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿١٧﴾

    al-yawma tujzā kullu nafsim bimā kasabat | lā ẓulma l-yawm | inna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisāb

    This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.

18. 40:18 ▶

    وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚ مَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ ﴿١٨﴾

    wa'andhirhum yawma l-āzifati 'idhi l-qulūbu lada l-ḥanājiri kāẓimīn | mā liẓ-ẓālimīna min ḥamīmiw walā shafīʿiy yuṭāʿ

    And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

19. 40:19 ▶

    يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ ﴿١٩﴾

    yaʿlamu khā'inata l-aʿyuni wamā tukhfi ṣ-ṣudūr

    He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts conceal.

20. 40:20 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wallāhu yaqḍī bil-ḥaqq | walladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihī lā yaqḍūna bishay' | inna llāha huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīr

    And Allāh judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allāh - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

    In worship.

21. 40:21 ▶

    ۞ أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ ﴿٢١﴾

    awalam yasīrū fi l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna kānū min qablihim | kānū hum 'ashadda minhum quwwataw wa'āthāran fi l-arḍi fa'akhadhahumu llāhu bidhunūbihim wamā kāna lahum mina llāhi miw wāq

    Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allāh seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allāh any protector.

22. 40:22 ▶

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَكَفَرُوا۟ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿٢٢﴾

    dhālika bi'annahum kānat ta'tīhim rusuluhum bil-bayyināti fakafarū fa'akhadhahumu llāh | innahū qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

    That was because their messengers were coming to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so Allāh seized them. Indeed, He is Powerful and severe in punishment.

23. 40:23 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٣﴾

    walaqad 'arsalnā mūsā bi'āyātinā wasulṭānim mubīn

    And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

    i.e., evidences from Allāh.

24. 40:24 ▶

    إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَقَـٰرُونَ فَقَالُوا۟ سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

    ilā firʿawna wahāmāna waqārūna faqālū sāḥirun kadhdhāb

    To Pharaoh, Hāmān and Qārūn, but they said, "[He is] a magician and a liar."

25. 40:25 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

    falammā jā'ahum bil-ḥaqqi min ʿindinā qālu qtulū 'abnā'a lladhīna 'āmanū maʿahū wastaḥyū nisā'ahum | wamā kaydu l-kāfirīna 'illā fī ḍalāl

    And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error.

26. 40:26 ▶

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    waqāla firʿawnu dharūnī 'aqtul mūsā walyadʿu rabbah | innī 'akhāfu 'ay yubaddila dīnakum 'aw 'ay yuẓhira fi l-arḍi l-fasād

    And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."

    i.e., dissension or civil strife.

27. 40:27 ▶

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿٢٧﴾

    waqāla mūsā 'innī ʿudhtu birabbī warabbikum min kulli mutakabbiril lā yu'minu biyawmi l-ḥisāb

    But Moses said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Account."

28. 40:28 ▶

    وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَـٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَـٰذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

    waqāla rajulum mu'minum min 'āli firʿawna yaktumu 'īmānahū 'ataqtulūna rajulan 'ay yaqūla rabbiya llāhu waqad jā'akum bil-bayyināti mir rabbikum | wa'iy yaku kādhiban faʿalayhi kadhibuhū wa'iy yaku ṣādiqay yuṣibkum baʿḍu lladhī yaʿidukum | inna llāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kadhdhāb

    And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allāh' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allāh does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.

29. 40:29 ▶

    يَـٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَـٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَا ۚ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ ﴿٢٩﴾

    yāqawmi lakumu l-mulku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fi l-arḍi famay yanṣurunā mim ba'si llāhi 'in jā'anā | qāla firʿawnu mā 'urīkum 'illā mā 'arā wamā 'ahdīkum 'illā sabīla r-rashād

    O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."

30. 40:30 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ ﴿٣٠﴾

    waqāla lladhī 'āmana yāqawmi 'innī 'akhāfu ʿalaykum mithla yawmi l-aḥzāb

    And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear for you [a fate] like the day of the companies -

    i.e., the days on which Allāh sent His punishment upon those who rejected their prophets in former times.

31. 40:31 ▶

    مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعِبَادِ ﴿٣١﴾

    mithla da'bi qawmi nūḥiw waʿādiw wathamūda walladhīna mim baʿdihim | wama llāhu yurīdu ẓulmal lil-ʿibād

    Like the custom of the people of Noah and of ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them. And Allāh wants no injustice for [His] servants.

32. 40:32 ▶

    وَيَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ ﴿٣٢﴾

    wayāqawmi 'innī 'akhāfu ʿalaykum yawma t-tanād

    And O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling -

    i.e., the Day of Judgement, when the criminals will cry out in terror, the people will call to each other (see 7:44-51), and the angels will call out the results of each person's judgement.

33. 40:33 ▶

    يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

    yawma tuwallūna mudbirīna mā lakum mina llāhi min ʿāṣim | wamay yuḍlili llāhu famā lahū min hād

    The Day you will turn your backs fleeing; there is not for you from Allāh any protector. And whoever Allāh sends astray - there is not for him any guide.

34. 40:34 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُّرْتَابٌ ﴿٣٤﴾

    walaqad jā'akum yūsufu min qablu bil-bayyināti famā ziltum fī shakkim mimmā jā'akum bih | ḥattā 'idhā halaka qultum lay yabʿatha llāhu mim baʿdihī rasūlā | kadhālika yuḍillu llāhu man huwa musrifum murtāb

    And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs, but you remained in doubt of that which he brought to you, until when he died, you said, 'Never will Allāh send a messenger after him.' Thus does Allāh leave astray he who is a transgressor and skeptic."

35. 40:35 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَـٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۖ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ ﴿٣٥﴾

    alladhīna yujādilūna fī 'āyāti llāhi bighayri sulṭānin 'atāhum | kabura maqtan ʿinda llāhi waʿinda lladhīna 'āmanū | kadhālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā kulli qalbi mutakabbirin jabbār

    Those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh without an authority having come to them - great is hatred [of them] in the sight of Allāh and in the sight of those who have believed. Thus does Allāh seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant tyrant.

    i.e., evidence.

36. 40:36 ▶

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    waqāla firʿawnu yāhāmānu bni lī ṣarḥal laʿallī 'ablughu l-asbāb

    And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -

    Means of ascent, pathways.

37. 40:37 ▶

    أَسْبَـٰبَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَـٰذِبًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍ ﴿٣٧﴾

    asbāba s-samāwāti fa'aṭṭaliʿa 'ilā 'ilāhi mūsā wa'innī la'aẓunnuhū kādhibā | wakadhālika zuyyina lifirʿawna sū'u ʿamalihī waṣudda ʿani s-sabīl | wamā kaydu firʿawna 'illā fī tabāb

    The ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin.

38. 40:38 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُونِ أَهْدِكُمْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ ﴿٣٨﴾

    waqāla lladhī 'āmana yāqawmi ttabiʿūni 'ahdikum sabīla r-rashād

    And he who believed said, "O my people, follow me; I will guide you to the way of right conduct.

39. 40:39 ▶

    يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَـٰعٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ ﴿٣٩﴾

    yāqawmi 'innamā hādhihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā matāʿuw wa'inna l-ākhirata hiya dāru l-qarār

    O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement.

40. 40:40 ▶

    مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

    man ʿamila sayyi'atan falā yujzā 'illā mithlahā | waman ʿamila ṣāliḥam min dhakarin 'aw 'unthā wahuwa mu'minun fa'ulā'ika yadkhulūna l-jannata yurzaqūna fīhā bighayri ḥisāb

    Whoever does an evil deed will not be recompensed except by the like thereof; but whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - those will enter Paradise, being given provision therein without account.

41. 40:41 ▶

    ۞ وَيَـٰقَوْمِ مَا لِىٓ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٤١﴾

    wayāqawmi mā lī 'adʿūkum 'ila n-najāti watadʿūnanī 'ila n-nār

    And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?

42. 40:42 ▶

    تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرِ ﴿٤٢﴾

    tadʿūnanī li'akfura billāhi wa'ushrika bihī mā laysa lī bihī ʿilmuw wa'ana 'adʿūkum 'ila l-ʿazīzi l-ghaffār

    You invite me to disbelieve in Allāh and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

    Refer to footnotes in 38:66.

43. 40:43 ▶

    لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٤٣﴾

    lā jarama 'annamā tadʿūnanī 'ilayhi laysa lahū daʿwatun fi d-dunyā walā fi l-ākhirati wa'anna maraddanā 'ila llāhi wa'anna l-musrifīna hum 'aṣḥābu n-nār

    Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allāh, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

44. 40:44 ▶

    فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ ﴿٤٤﴾

    fasatadhkurūna mā 'aqūlu lakum | wa'ufawwiḍu 'amrī 'ila llāh | inna llāha baṣīrum bil-ʿibād

    And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants."

45. 40:45 ▶

    فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ ۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    fawaqāhu llāhu sayyi'āti mā makarū | waḥāqa bi'āli firʿawna sū'u l-ʿadhāb

    So Allāh protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -

46. 40:46 ▶

    ٱلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا ۖ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿٤٦﴾

    an-nāru yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā ghuduwwaw waʿashiyyā | wayawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu 'adkhilū 'āla firʿawna 'ashadda l-ʿadhāb

    The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

    From the time of their death until the Day of Resurrection, when they will be driven into it.

47. 40:47 ▶

    وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٤٧﴾

    wa'idh yataḥājjūna fi n-nāri fayaqūlu ḍ-ḍuʿafā'u lilladhīna stakbarū 'innā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal 'antum mughnūna ʿannā naṣībam mina n-nār

    And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?"

48. 40:48 ▶

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ ﴿٤٨﴾

    qāla lladhīna stakbarū 'innā kullun fīhā 'inna llāha qad ḥakama bayna l-ʿibād

    Those who had been arrogant will say, "Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allāh has judged between the servants."

49. 40:49 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿٤٩﴾

    waqāla lladhīna fi n-nāri likhazanati jahannama dʿū rabbakum yukhaffif ʿannā yawmam mina l-ʿadhāb

    And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

50. 40:50 ▶

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ ﴿٥٠﴾

    qālū 'awalam taku ta'tīkum rusulukum bil-bayyināt | qālū balā | qālū fadʿū | wamā duʿā'u l-kāfirīna 'illā fī ḍalāl

    They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error [i.e., futility]."

51. 40:51 ▶

    إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُ ﴿٥١﴾

    innā lananṣuru rusulanā walladhīna 'āmanū fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wayawma yaqūmu l-ashhād

    Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -

52. 40:52 ▶

    يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ ﴿٥٢﴾

    yawma lā yanfaʿu ẓ-ẓālimīna maʿdhiratuhum | walahumu llaʿnatu walahum sū'u d-dār

    The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home [i.e., Hell].

53. 40:53 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā mūsa l-hudā wa'awrathnā banī 'isrā'īla l-kitāb

    And We had certainly given Moses guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture

54. 40:54 ▶

    هُدًى وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٥٤﴾

    hudaw wadhikrā li'uli l-albāb

    As guidance and a reminder for those of understanding.

55. 40:55 ▶

    فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ ﴿٥٥﴾

    faṣbir 'inna waʿda llāhi ḥaqquw wastaghfir lidhambika wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ibkār

    So be patient, [O Muḥammad]. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.

    What is intended is "fault" or "error" in judgement, since all prophets were protected by Allāh from falling into sin. The implication is that all believers should seek forgiveness for their sins.

56. 40:56 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَـٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۙ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَـٰلِغِيهِ ۚ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ ﴿٥٦﴾

    inna lladhīna yujādilūna fī 'āyāti llāhi bighayri sulṭānin 'atāhum 'in fī ṣudūrihim 'illā kibrum mā hum bibālighīh | fastaʿidh billāh | innahū huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīr

    Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh without [any] evidence having come to them - there is not within their breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they cannot reach. So seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Seeing.

57. 40:57 ▶

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    lakhalqu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi 'akbaru min khalqi n-nāsi walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

58. 40:58 ▶

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    wamā yastawi l-aʿmā wal-baṣīru walladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wala l-musī' | qalīlam mā tatadhakkarūn

    And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.

59. 40:59 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    inna s-sāʿata la'ātiyatul lā rayba fīhā walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yu'minūn

    Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.

60. 40:60 ▶

    وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    waqāla rabbukumu dʿūnī 'astajib lakum | inna lladhīna yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatī sayadkhulūna jahannama dākhirīn

    And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.

61. 40:61 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    allāhu lladhī jaʿala lakumu llayla litaskunū fīhi wan-nahāra mubṣirā | inna llāha ladhū faḍlin ʿala n-nāsi walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yashkurūn

    It is Allāh who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of them are not grateful.

    i.e., making things visible.

62. 40:62 ▶

    ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

    dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum khāliqu kulli shay'il lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | fa'annā tu'fakūn

    That is Allāh, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

63. 40:63 ▶

    كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    kadhālika yu'faku lladhīna kānū bi'āyāti llāhi yajḥadūn

    Thus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allāh.

64. 40:64 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    allāhu lladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa qarāraw was-samā'a binā'aw waṣawwarakum fa'aḥsana ṣuwarakum warazaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāt | dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum | fatabāraka llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīn

    It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allāh, your Lord; then blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

65. 40:65 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۗ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    huwa l-ḥayyu lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa fadʿūhu mukhliṣīna lahu d-dīn | al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

    He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

    Whose life is without beginning or end, and upon whom all created life depends.

66. 40:66 ▶

    ۞ قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَمَّا جَآءَنِىَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ مِن رَّبِّى وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    qul 'innī nuhītu 'an 'aʿbuda lladhīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi lammā jā'aniya l-bayyinātu mir rabbī wa'umirtu 'an 'uslima lirabbi l-ʿālamīn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allāh once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds."

67. 40:67 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًا ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    huwa lladhī khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma yukhrijukum ṭiflan thumma litablughū 'ashuddakum thumma litakūnū shuyūkhā | waminkum may yutawaffā min qabl | walitablughū 'ajalam musammaw walaʿallakum taʿqilūn

    It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.

    The time decreed for your death.

68. 40:68 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿٦٨﴾

    huwa lladhī yuḥyī wayumīt | fa'idhā qaḍā 'amran fa'innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn

    He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

69. 40:69 ▶

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أَنَّىٰ يُصْرَفُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    alam tara 'ila lladhīna yujādilūna fī 'āyāti llāhi 'annā yuṣrafūn

    Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh - how are they averted?

70. 40:70 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِۦ رُسُلَنَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    alladhīna kadhdhabū bil-kitābi wabimā 'arsalnā bihī rusulanā | fasawfa yaʿlamūn

    Those who deny the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and that with which We sent Our messengers - they are going to know,

71. 40:71 ▶

    إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَـٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    idhi l-aghlālu fī 'aʿnāqihim was-salāsilu yusḥabūn

    When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged

72. 40:72 ▶

    فِى ٱلْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    fi l-ḥamīmi thumma fi n-nāri yusjarūn

    In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame].

73. 40:73 ▶

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    thumma qīla lahum 'ayna mā kuntum tushrikūn

    Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship]

74. 40:74 ▶

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    min dūni llāh | qālū ḍallū ʿannā bal lam nakun nadʿū min qablu shay'ā | kadhālika yuḍillu llāhu l-kāfirīn

    Other than Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything." Thus does Allāh put astray the disbelievers.

75. 40:75 ▶

    ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    dhālikum bimā kuntum tafraḥūna fi l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqqi wabimā kuntum tamraḥūn

    [The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

76. 40:76 ▶

    ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ﴿٧٦﴾

    udkhulū 'abwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā | fabi'sa mathwa l-mutakabbirīn

    Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."

77. 40:77 ▶

    فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۚ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    faṣbir 'inna waʿda llāhi ḥaqq | fa'immā nuriyannaka baʿḍa lladhī naʿiduhum 'aw natawaffayannaka fa'ilaynā yurjaʿūn

    So be patient, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned.

78. 40:78 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    walaqad 'arsalnā rusulam min qablika minhum man qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka waminhum mal lam naqṣuṣ ʿalayk | wamā kāna lirasūlin 'ay ya'tiya bi'āyatin 'illā bi'idhni llāh | fa'idhā jā'a 'amru llāhi quḍiya bil-ḥaqqi wakhasira hunālika l-mubṭilūn

    And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allāh. So when the command of Allāh comes, it will be concluded [i.e., judged] in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].

79. 40:79 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    allāhu lladhī jaʿala lakumu l-anʿāma litarkabū minhā waminhā ta'kulūn

    It is Allāh who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

80. 40:80 ▶

    وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

    walakum fīhā manāfiʿu walitablughū ʿalayhā ḥājatan fī ṣudūrikum waʿalayhā waʿala l-fulki tuḥmalūn

    And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realize upon them a need which is in your breasts; and upon them and upon ships you are carried.

    i.e., that you may use the animals to carry your loads to distant places, according to need.

81. 40:81 ▶

    وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ فَأَىَّ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

    wayurīkum 'āyātihī fa'ayya 'āyāti llāhi tunkirūn

    And He shows you His signs. So which of the signs of Allāh do you deny?

82. 40:82 ▶

    أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَءَاثَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    afalam yasīrū fi l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim | kānū 'akthara minhum wa'ashadda quwwataw wa'āthāran fi l-arḍi famā 'aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn

    Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

83. 40:83 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    falammā jā'at-hum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti fariḥū bimā ʿindahum mina l-ʿilmi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

    And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

84. 40:84 ▶

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾

    falammā ra'aw ba'sanā qālū 'āmannā billāhi waḥdahū wakafarnā bimā kunnā bihī mushrikīn

    And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allāh alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."

85. 40:85 ▶

    فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَـٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    falam yaku yanfaʿuhum 'īmānuhum lammā ra'aw ba'sanā | sunnata llāhi llatī qad khalat fī ʿibādih | wakhasira hunālika l-kāfirūn

    But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. [It is] the established way of Allāh which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost [all].

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.