Surah Ghafir, Ayah 20 (40:20)

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وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ ۗ إِنَّ …

Quran 40:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 469 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:20
وَٱللَّهُيَقْضِىبِٱلْحَقِّ ۖوَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَمِندُونِهِۦلَايَقْضُونَبِشَىْءٍ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْبَصِيرُ٢٠
wal-lahu yaqḍī bil-ḥaqi wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi lā yaqḍūna bishayin inna l-laha huwa l-samīʿu l-baṣīru

And Allāh judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allāh - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.(20)

Word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  2. يَقْضِىyaqḍījudges
  3. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
  4. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnawhile those (whom)
  5. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
  6. مِنminbesides Him
  7. دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
  8. لَاlānot
  9. يَقْضُونَyaqḍūnathey judge
  10. بِشَىْءٍ ۗbishayinwith anything
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  13. هُوَhuwaHe
  14. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
  15. ٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīruthe All-Seer

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