Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:42

40:42

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرِ

tadʿūnanī li-akfura bil-lahi wa-ush'rika bihi mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-anā adʿūkum ilā l-ʿazīzi l-ghafāri

You invite me to disbelieve in Allāh and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

— Saheeh International

You call me to disbelieve in God and to associate with Him things of which I have no knowledge; I call you to the Mighty, the Forgiving One.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"You invite me to disbelieve in Allâh (and in His Oneness), and to join partners in worship with Him of which I have no knowledge; and I invite you to the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving!

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

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Word by Word

تَدْعُونَنِىtadʿūnanīYou call me
لِأَكْفُرَli-akfurathat I disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَأُشْرِكَwa-ush'rikaand (to) associate
بِهِۦbihiwith Him
مَاmāwhat
لَيْسَlaysanot
لِىlīfor me
بِهِۦbihiof it
عِلْمٌۭʿil'munany knowledge
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I
أَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkumcall you
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
ٱلْغَفَّـٰرِl-ghafārithe Oft-Forgiving