Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:3

40:3

غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

ghāfiri l-dhanbi waqābili l-tawbi shadīdi l-ʿiqābi dhī l-ṭawli lā ilāha illā huwa ilayhi l-maṣīru

The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

— Saheeh International

Forgiver of sins and Accepter of repentance, severe in punishment, infinite in bounty. There is no god but Him; to Him is the ultimate return.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment, the Bestower (of favours). Lâ ilâha illâ Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), to Him is the final return.

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

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Word by Word

غَافِرِghāfiri(The) Forgiver
ٱلذَّنۢبِl-dhanbi(of) the sin
وَقَابِلِwaqābiliand (the) Acceptor
ٱلتَّوْبِl-tawbi(of) [the] repentance
شَدِيدِshadīdisevere
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the punishment
ذِىdhīOwner (of) the abundance
ٱلطَّوْلِۖl-ṭawliOwner (of) the abundance
لَآlā(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَۖhuwaHim
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return