Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:28

40:28

وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَـٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَـٰذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ

waqāla rajulun mu'minun min āli fir'ʿawna yaktumu īmānahu ataqtulūna rajulan an yaqūla rabbiya l-lahu waqad jāakum bil-bayināti min rabbikum wa-in yaku kādhiban faʿalayhi kadhibuhu wa-in yaku ṣādiqan yuṣib'kum baʿḍu alladhī yaʿidukum inna l-laha lā yahdī man huwa mus'rifun kadhābun

And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allāh' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allāh does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.

— Saheeh International

A secret believer from Pharaoh’s family said, ‘How can you kill a man just for saying, “My Lord is God”? He has brought you clear signs from your Lord- if he is a liar, on his own head be it- and if he is truthful, then at least some of what he has threatened will happen to you. God does not guide any rebellious, outrageous liar.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And a believing man of Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) family, who hid his faith said: "Would you kill a man because he says: My Lord is Allâh, and he has come to you with clear signs (proofs) from your Lord? And if he is a liar, upon him will be (the sin of) his lie; but if he is telling the truth, then some of that (calamity) wherewith he threatens you will befall on you." Verily, Allâh guides not one who is a Musrif (a polytheist, or a murderer who shed blood without a right, or those who commit great sins, oppressor, transgressor), a liar!

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

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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
مُّؤْمِنٌۭmu'minunbelieving
مِّنْminfrom
ءَالِāli(the) family
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
يَكْتُمُyaktumuwho conceal(ed)
إِيمَـٰنَهُۥٓīmānahuhis faith
أَتَقْتُلُونَataqtulūnaWill you kill
رَجُلًاrajulana man
أَنanbecause
يَقُولَyaqūlahe says
رَبِّىَrabbiyaMy Lord
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
جَآءَكُمjāakumhe has brought you
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayināticlear proofs
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْۖrabbikumyour Lord
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَكُyakuhe is
كَـٰذِبًۭاkādhibana liar
فَعَلَيْهِfaʿalayhithen upon him
كَذِبُهُۥۖkadhibuhu(is) his lie
وَإِنwa-inand if
يَكُyakuhe is
صَادِقًۭاṣādiqantruthful
يُصِبْكُمyuṣib'kum(there) will strike you
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(that) which
يَعِدُكُمْۖyaʿidukumhe threatens you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
مَنْman(one) who
هُوَhuwa[he]
مُسْرِفٌۭmus'rifun(is) a transgressor
كَذَّابٌۭkadhābuna liar