Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:34

40:34

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُّرْتَابٌ

walaqad jāakum yūsufu min qablu bil-bayināti famā zil'tum fī shakkin mimmā jāakum bihi ḥattā idhā halaka qul'tum lan yabʿatha l-lahu min baʿdihi rasūlan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu man huwa mus'rifun mur'tābun

And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs, but you remained in doubt of that which he brought to you, until when he died, you said, 'Never will Allāh send a messenger after him.' Thus does Allāh leave astray he who is a transgressor and skeptic."

— Saheeh International

Joseph came to you before with clear signs, but you never ceased to doubt the message he brought you. When he died, you said, “God will not send another messenger.”’ In this way God leaves the doubting rebels to stray-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed Yûsuf (Joseph) did come to you, in times gone by, with clear signs, but you ceased not to doubt in that which he did bring to you: till when he died you said: "No Messenger will Allâh send after him." Thus Allâh leaves astray him who is a Musrif (a polytheist, an oppressor, a criminal, sinner who commit great sins) and a Murtâb (one who doubts Allâh’s Warning and His Oneness).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
جَآءَكُمْjāakumcame to you
يُوسُفُyūsufuYusuf
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
فَمَاfamābut not
زِلْتُمْzil'tumyou ceased
فِىfīin
شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
جَآءَكُمjāakumhe brought to you
بِهِۦۖbihi[with it]
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
هَلَكَhalakahe died
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou said
لَنlanNever
يَبْعَثَyabʿathawill Allah raise
ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah raise
مِنۢminafter him
بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
رَسُولًۭاۚrasūlana Messenger
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُضِلُّyuḍilluAllah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
مَنْmanwho
هُوَhuwa[he]
مُسْرِفٌۭmus'rifun(is) a transgressor
مُّرْتَابٌmur'tābuna doubter