Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:25

40:25

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ

falammā jāahum bil-ḥaqi min ʿindinā qālū uq'tulū abnāa alladhīna āmanū maʿahu wa-is'taḥyū nisāahum wamā kaydu l-kāfirīna illā fī ḍalālin

And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error.

— Saheeh International

When he brought the truth to them from Us, they said, ‘Kill the sons of those who believe with him; spare only their women’- the scheming of those who reject the truth can only go wrong-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believe with him and let their women live"; but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
جَآءَهُمjāahumhe brought to them
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
مِنْminfrom
عِندِنَاʿindināUs
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟uq'tulūKill
أَبْنَآءَabnāa(the) sons
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟wa-is'taḥyūand let live
نِسَآءَهُمْۚnisāahumtheir women
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَيْدُkaydu(is the) plot
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
إِلَّاillābut
فِىfīin
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror