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Surah Ghafir, Verse 49

سورة غافر، الآية ٤٩

40:49 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 472 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:49

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

Transliteration

waqāla alladhīna fī l-nāri likhazanati jahannama id'ʿū rabbakum yukhaffif ʿannā yawman mina l-ʿadhābi

Translation

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

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Verse 49 of Surah Ghafir (40:49), 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 49

Al-Mukhtasar

Those being punished in the fire from the followers and leaders will say to the keepers of hell, once they have lost hope in leaving the fire and returning to the worldly life to repent: “Call upon your Lord to lessen from us one day of this everlasting punishment”.

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Other translations of verse 49

Those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, “Pray to your Lord to lighten for us the punishment for just one day.”

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"

And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.

Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"

And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of hell: Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of the punishment.

And the ones who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Invoke your Lord to lighten for us one day of the torment!"

Verse 49 word by word

  1. وَقَالَ waqāla And will say ق و ل
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those
  3. فِى fī in
  4. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire ن و ر
  5. لِخَزَنَةِ likhazanati to (the) keepers خ ز ن
  6. جَهَنَّمَ jahannama (of) Hell
  7. ٱدْعُوا۟ id'ʿū Call د ع و
  8. رَبَّكُمْ rabbakum your Lord ر ب ب
  9. يُخَفِّفْ yukhaffif (to) lighten خ ف ف
  10. عَنَّا ʿannā for us
  11. يَوْمًا yawman a day ي و م
  12. مِّنَ mina of
  13. ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi the punishment ع ذ ب

Verses related to verse 49

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:108

    قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

    He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

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