Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:40

41:40

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَآ ۗ أَفَمَن يُلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلنَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِىٓ ءَامِنًا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

inna alladhīna yul'ḥidūna fī āyātinā lā yakhfawna ʿalaynā afaman yul'qā fī l-nāri khayrun am man yatī āminan yawma l-qiyāmati iʿ'malū mā shi'tum innahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

— Saheeh International

Those who distort the meaning of Our message are not hidden from Us. Is he who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who comes through safely on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you want, God certainly sees everything you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, those who turn away from Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. by attacking, distorting and denying them) are not hidden from Us. Is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what you will. Verily He is All-Seer of what you do (this is a severe threat to the disbelievers).

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūnadistort
فِىٓfī[in]
ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
لَاlā(are) not
يَخْفَوْنَyakhfawnahidden
عَلَيْنَآۗʿalaynāfrom Us
أَفَمَنafamanSo, is (he) who
يُلْقَىٰyul'qāis cast
فِىfīin
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
أَمamor
مَّنman(he) who
يَأْتِىٓyatīcomes
ءَامِنًۭاāminansecure
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِۚl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūDo
مَاmāwhat
شِئْتُمْۖshi'tumyou will
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer