Quran 40:47

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 47

Juz 24 · Page 472 · Ruku 408 · Meccan

وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ

Word by word

وَإِذْ wa-idh And when يَتَحَآجُّونَ yataḥājjūna they will dispute فِى fī in ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire فَيَقُولُ fayaqūlu then will say ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟ l-ḍuʿafāu the weak لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna to those who ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ is'takbarū were arrogant إِنَّا innā Indeed, we كُنَّا kunnā [we] were لَكُمْ lakum for you تَبَعًۭا tabaʿan followers فَهَلْ fahal so can أَنتُم antum you مُّغْنُونَ mugh'nūna avert عَنَّا ʿannā from us نَصِيبًۭا naṣīban a portion مِّنَ mina of ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire

Transliteration

Wa-ith yatahajjoona fee annarifayaqoolu adduAAafao lillatheenaistakbaroo inna kunna lakum tabaAAan fahal antummughnoona AAanna naseeban mina annar

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when they wrangle in the Fire, the weak say unto those who were proud: Lo! we were a following unto you; will ye therefor rid us of a portion of the Fire?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Behold, they will dispute with each other in the Fire! The weak ones (who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "We but followed you: Can ye then take (on yourselves) from us some share of the Fire?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن تحاج أهل النار في النار ، وتخاصمهم ، وفرعون وقومه من جملتهم ( فيقول الضعفاء ) وهم : الأتباع ( للذين استكبروا ) وهم : القادة والسادة والكبراء : ( إنا كنا لكم تبعا ) أي : أطعناكم فيما دعوتمونا إليه في الدنيا من الكفر والضلال ، ( فهل أنتم مغنون عنا نصيبا من النار ) أي : قسطا تتحملونه عنا .