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Surah Ghafir, Ayah 42 (40:42)

غَافِر

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ …

Quran 40:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 472 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:42
تَدْعُونَنِىلِأَكْفُرَبِٱللَّهِوَأُشْرِكَبِهِۦمَالَيْسَلِىبِهِۦعِلْمٌوَأَنَا۠أَدْعُوكُمْإِلَىٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْغَفَّٰرِ٤٢
tadʿūnanī li-akfura bil-lahi wa-ush'rika bihi mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-anā adʿūkum ilā l-ʿazīzi l-ghafāri

You invite me to disbelieve in Allāh and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.(42)

Word by word

  1. تَدْعُونَنِىtadʿūnanīYou call me
  2. لِأَكْفُرَli-akfurathat I disbelieve
  3. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  4. وَأُشْرِكَwa-ush'rikaand (to) associate
  5. بِهِۦbihiwith Him
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. لَيْسَlaysanot
  8. لِىlīfor me
  9. بِهِۦbihiof it
  10. عِلْمٌʿil'munany knowledge
  11. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I
  12. أَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkumcall you
  13. إِلَىilāto
  14. ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
  15. ٱلْغَفَّٰرِl-ghafārithe Oft-Forgiving

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