Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:50

40:50

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ

qālū awalam taku tatīkum rusulukum bil-bayināti qālū balā qālū fa-id'ʿū wamā duʿāu l-kāfirīna illā fī ḍalālin

They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error [i.e., futility]."

— Saheeh International

but they will say, ‘Did your messengers not come to you with clear evidence of the truth?’ They will say, ‘Yes they did,’ and the keeper will say, ‘You can plead, then, but the pleas of disbelievers will always be in vain.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They will say: "Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear) evidence (and signs)?" They will say: "Yes." They will reply: "Then call (as you like)! And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain (as it will not be answered by Allâh)!"

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey (will) say
أَوَلَمْawalamDid there not
تَكُtakuDid there not
تَأْتِيكُمْtatīkumcome to you
رُسُلُكُمrusulukumyour Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِۖbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
قَالُوا۟qālūThey (will) say
بَلَىٰۚbalāYes
قَالُوا۟qālūThey (will) say
فَٱدْعُوا۟ۗfa-id'ʿūThen call
وَمَاwamābut not
دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟duʿāu(is the) call
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
إِلَّاillāexcept
فِىfīin
ضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinerror