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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 40

سورة القلم، الآية ٤٠

68:40 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 565 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:40

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

salhum ayyuhum bidhālika zaʿīmun

Translation

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

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Verse 40 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 565 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 40

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! Ask those making these statement: “Who is their guarantor for this?”

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Other translations of verse 40

Ask them which of them can guarantee that.

Ask them, which of them will stand surety for that!

Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!

Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

Ask them, whichever of them will assertively guarantee that!

Verse 40 word by word

  1. سَلْهُمْ salhum Ask them س أ ل
  2. أَيُّهُم ayyuhum which of them أ ي ي
  3. بِذَٰلِكَ bidhālika for that
  4. زَعِيمٌ zaʿīmun (is) responsible ز ع م

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