Quran 40:85

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 85

Juz 24 · Page 476 · Ruku 412 · Meccan

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Word by word

فَلَمْ falam But did not يَكُ yaku But did not يَنفَعُهُمْ yanfaʿuhum benefit them إِيمَـٰنُهُمْ īmānuhum their faith لَمَّا lammā when رَأَوْا۟ ra-aw they saw بَأْسَنَا ۖ basanā Our punishment سُنَّتَ sunnata (Such is the) Way ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah ٱلَّتِى allatī which قَدْ qad (has) indeed خَلَتْ khalat preceded فِى fī among عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ ʿibādihi His slaves وَخَسِرَ wakhasira And are lost هُنَالِكَ hunālika there ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ l-kāfirūna the disbelievers

Transliteration

Falam yaku yanfaAAuhum eemanuhum lammaraaw ba/sana sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat feeAAibadihi wakhasira hunalika alkafiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is Allah's law which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the disbelievers will be ruined.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah's Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( فلم يك ينفعهم إيمانهم لما رأوا بأسنا سنة الله التي قد خلت في عباده ) أي : هذا حكم الله في جميع من تاب عند معاينة العذاب : أنه لا يقبل ; ولهذا جاء في الحديث : " إن الله يقبل توبة العبد ما لم يغرغر " أي : فإذا غرغر وبلغت الروح الحنجرة ، وعاين الملك ، فلا توبة حينئذ ; ولهذا قال : ( وخسر هنالك الكافرون )

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