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Surah Ghafir, Verse 42

سورة غافر، الآية ٤٢

40:42 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 472 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:42

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّٰرِ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

tadʿūnanī li-akfura bil-lahi wa-ush'rika bihi mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-anā adʿūkum ilā l-ʿazīzi l-ghafāri

Translation

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.1373

Notes

[1373] Refer to footnotes in 38:66.

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Verse 42 of Surah Ghafir (40:42), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 472 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 42

Al-Mukhtasar

You are calling me to your falsehood in the hope that I disbelieve in Allah and worship alongside Him others, the truth of which I have no knowledge of, and I am calling you to have faith in Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, the Prevailing who has subdued everything.

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Other translations of verse 42

You call me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I call you to the All-Mighty, the Most Forgiving.

"You invite me to disbelieve in Allâh (and in His Oneness), and to join partners in worship with Him of which I have no knowledge; and I invite you to the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving!

Ye call me to disbelieve in Allah and ascribe unto Him as partners that whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you unto the Mighty, the Forgiver.

"Ye do call upon me to blaspheme against Allah, and to join with Him partners of whom I have no knowledge; and I call you to the Exalted in Power, Who forgives again and again!"

You call on me that I should disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I call you to the Mighty, the most Forgiving;

You call me to disbelieve in Allah and to associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I call you to The Ever-Mighty, The Superb Forgiver.

Verse 42 word by word

  1. تَدْعُونَنِى tadʿūnanī You call me د ع و
  2. لِأَكْفُرَ li-akfura that I disbelieve ك ف ر
  3. بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah
  4. وَأُشْرِكَ wa-ush'rika and (to) associate ش ر ك
  5. بِهِۦ bihi with Him
  6. مَا mā what
  7. لَيْسَ laysa not ل ي س
  8. لِى lī for me
  9. بِهِۦ bihi of it
  10. عِلْمٌ ʿil'mun any knowledge ع ل م
  11. وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā and I
  12. أَدْعُوكُمْ adʿūkum call you د ع و
  13. إِلَى ilā to
  14. ٱلْعَزِيزِ l-ʿazīzi the All-Mighty ع ز ز
  15. ٱلْغَفَّٰرِ l-ghafāri the Oft-Forgiving غ ف ر

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  • Hud 11:47

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

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