Quran 40:42

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 42

Juz 24 · Page 472 · Ruku 408 · Meccan

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

Word by word

تَدْعُونَنِى tadʿūnanī You call me لِأَكْفُرَ li-akfura that I disbelieve بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah وَأُشْرِكَ wa-ush'rika and (to) associate بِهِۦ bihi with Him مَا mā what لَيْسَ laysa not لِى lī for me بِهِۦ bihi of it عِلْمٌۭ ʿil'mun any knowledge وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā and I أَدْعُوكُمْ adʿūkum call you إِلَى ilā to ٱلْعَزِيزِ l-ʿazīzi the All-Mighty ٱلْغَفَّـٰرِ l-ghafāri the Oft-Forgiving

Transliteration

TadAAoonanee li-akfura billahiwaoshrika bihi ma laysa lee bihi AAilmun waanaadAAookum ila alAAazeezi alghaffar

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"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!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وتدعونني إلى النار تدعونني لأكفر بالله وأشرك به ما ليس لي به علم ) أي : جهل بلا دليل ( وأنا أدعوكم إلى العزيز الغفار ) أي : هو في عزته وكبريائه يغفر ذنب من تاب إليه ،