Surah Ghafir, Ayah 29 (40:29)

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يَٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 40:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 470 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:29
يَٰقَوْمِلَكُمُٱلْمُلْكُٱلْيَوْمَظَٰهِرِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَمَنيَنصُرُنَامِنۢبَأْسِٱللَّهِإِنجَآءَنَا ۚقَالَفِرْعَوْنُمَآأُرِيكُمْإِلَّامَآأَرَىٰوَمَآأَهْدِيكُمْإِلَّاسَبِيلَٱلرَّشَادِ٢٩
yāqawmi lakumu l-mul'ku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-arḍi faman yanṣurunā min basi l-lahi in jāanā qāla fir'ʿawnu mā urīkum illā mā arā wamā ahdīkum illā sabīla l-rashādi

O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."(29)

Word by word

  1. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  2. لَكُمُlakumuFor you
  3. ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'ku(is) the kingdom
  4. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
  5. ظَٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnadominant
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  8. فَمَنfamanbut who
  9. يَنصُرُنَاyanṣurunāwill help us
  10. مِنۢminfrom
  11. بَأْسِbasi(the) punishment
  12. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  13. إِنinif
  14. جَآءَنَا ۚjāanāit came to us
  15. قَالَqālaSaid
  16. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
  17. مَآmāNot
  18. أُرِيكُمْurīkumI show you
  19. إِلَّاillāexcept
  20. مَآmāwhat
  21. أَرَىٰarāI see
  22. وَمَآwamāand not
  23. أَهْدِيكُمْahdīkumI guide you
  24. إِلَّاillāexcept
  25. سَبِيلَsabīla(to the) path
  26. ٱلرَّشَادِl-rashādithe right

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