Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:49

40:49

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ

waqāla alladhīna fī l-nāri likhazanati jahannama id'ʿū rabbakum yukhaffif ʿannā yawman mina l-ʿadhābi

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

— Saheeh International

Those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, ‘Ask your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"

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

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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
فِىfīin
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
لِخَزَنَةِlikhazanatito (the) keepers
جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
يُخَفِّفْyukhaffif(to) lighten
عَنَّاʿannāfor us
يَوْمًۭاyawmana day
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment