Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:29

40:29

يَـٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَـٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَا ۚ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ

yāqawmi lakumu l-mul'ku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-arḍi faman yanṣurunā min basi l-lahi in jāanā qāla fir'ʿawnu mā urīkum illā mā arā wamā ahdīkum illā sabīla l-rashādi

O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."

— Saheeh International

My people, as masters in the land you have the power today, but who will help us against God’s might if it comes upon us?’ But Pharaoh said, ‘I have told you what I think; I am guiding you along the right path.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"O my people! Yours is the kingdom today, you being dominant in the land. But who will save us from the Torment of Allâh, should it befall us?" Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "I show you only that which I see (correct), and I guide you only to the path of right policy!"

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
لَكُمُlakumuFor you
ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'ku(is) the kingdom
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
ظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnadominant
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
فَمَنfamanbut who
يَنصُرُنَاyanṣurunāwill help us
مِنۢminfrom
بَأْسِbasi(the) punishment
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنinif
جَآءَنَاۚjāanāit came to us
قَالَqālaSaid
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
مَآmāNot
أُرِيكُمْurīkumI show you
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَآmāwhat
أَرَىٰarāI see
وَمَآwamāand not
أَهْدِيكُمْahdīkumI guide you
إِلَّاillāexcept
سَبِيلَsabīla(to the) path
ٱلرَّشَادِl-rashādithe right