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Surah Ghafir, Verse 32

سورة غافر، الآية ٣٢

40:32 Juz 24 Hizb 47 Page 470 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:32

وَيَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ ۝٣٢

Transliteration

wayāqawmi innī akhāfu ʿalaykum yawma l-tanādi

Translation

And O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling1370 -

Notes

[1370] 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.

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Verse 32 of Surah Ghafir (40:32), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 470 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 32

Al-Mukhtasar

O people, I fear for you the day of judgment. That day when people will call one another, calling their relatives or those of status, thinking that they can benefit them in this frightening place.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Ghafir

Other translations of verse 32

O my people, I fear for you the Day of crying out to one another8,

Notes

[8] i.e., on the Day of Judgment; the wicked will cry out in terror, and the angels will call out the results of each person's judgment.

"And, O my people! Verily, I fear for you the Day when there will be mutual calling (between the people of Hell and of Paradise)."

And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning,

"And O my people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual calling (and wailing),-

And, O my people! I fear for you the day of calling out,

And O my people, surely I fear for you the Day of Summoning.

Verse 32 word by word

  1. وَيَٰقَوْمِ wayāqawmi And O my people ق و م
  2. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
  3. أَخَافُ akhāfu [I] fear خ و ف
  4. عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum for you
  5. يَوْمَ yawma (the) Day ي و م
  6. ٱلتَّنَادِ l-tanādi (of) Calling ن د ي

Verses related to verse 32

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Haqqah 69:17

    وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

    And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

  • Ar-Rahman 55:33

    يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ

    O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].

  • Al-A’raf 7:44

    وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allāh shall be upon the wrongdoers

  • Al-A’raf 7:50

    وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allāh has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allāh has forbidden them both to the disbelievers

Verses with similar wording

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  • Ghafir 40:30

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ

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

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