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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 41

سورة القصص، الآية ٤١

28:41 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 390 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:41

وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

Transliteration

wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yadʿūna ilā l-nāri wayawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūna

Translation

And We made them leaders1105 inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

Notes

[1105] i.e., examples or precedents, followed by subsequent tyrants.

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Verse 41 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:41), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 390 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 41

Al-Mukhtasar

I made Pharoah and his people leaders/predecessors for the tyrants and misguided after them, by spreading to their disbelief and misguidance they are calling to the fire. And on the of judgement, they will not be helped by being saved from the punishment; rather, the punishment will be multiplied for them because of the evil example of calling towards deviation they set. The consequences of their evil deeds and those of whoever followed them, shall be decreed against them.

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Other translations of verse 41

We made them leaders17 calling to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

Notes

[17] i.e., precedents or role models, followed by subsequent tyrants.

And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire: and on the Day of Resurrection, they will not be helped.

And We made them patterns that invite unto the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

And we made them (but) leaders inviting to the Fire; and on the Day of Judgment no help shall they find.

And We made them Imams who call to the fire, and on the day of resurrection they shall not be assisted.

And We made them leaders calling to the Fire; and on the Day of the Resurrection they will not be vindicated.

Verse 41 word by word

  1. وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ wajaʿalnāhum And We made them ج ع ل
  2. أَئِمَّةً a-immatan leaders أ م م
  3. يَدْعُونَ yadʿūna inviting د ع و
  4. إِلَى ilā to
  5. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire ن و ر
  6. وَيَوْمَ wayawma and (on the) Day ي و م
  7. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection ق و م
  8. لَا lā not
  9. يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna they will be helped ن ص ر

Verses related to verse 41

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Muhammad 47:13

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

    And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

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