Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:43

40:43

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ

lā jarama annamā tadʿūnanī ilayhi laysa lahu daʿwatun fī l-dun'yā walā fī l-ākhirati wa-anna maraddanā ilā l-lahi wa-anna l-mus'rifīna hum aṣḥābu l-nāri

Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allāh, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

— Saheeh International

There is no doubt that what you call me to serve is not fit to be invoked either in this world or the Hereafter: our return is to God alone, and it will be the rebels who will inhabit the Fire.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"No doubt you call me to (worship) one who cannot grant (me) my request (or respond to my invocation) in this world or in the Hereafter. And our return will be to Allâh, and Al-Musrifûn (i.e. polytheists and arrogants, those who commit great sins, the transgressors of Allâh’s set limits): they shall be the dwellers of the Fire!

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

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Word by Word

لَاlāNo
جَرَمَjaramadoubt
أَنَّمَاannamāthat what
تَدْعُونَنِىٓtadʿūnanīyou call me
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَهُۥlahufor it
دَعْوَةٌۭdaʿwatuna claim
فِىfīin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَلَاwalāand not
فِىfīin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
مَرَدَّنَآmaraddanāour return
إِلَىilā(is) to
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe transgressors
هُمْhumthey
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(will be the) companions
ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire