Surah Ghafir, Ayah 49 (40:49)

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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ …

Quran 40:49 is ayah 49 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 472 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:49
وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَفِىٱلنَّارِلِخَزَنَةِجَهَنَّمَٱدْعُوا۟رَبَّكُمْيُخَفِّفْعَنَّايَوْمًامِّنَٱلْعَذَابِ٤٩
waqāla alladhīna fī l-nāri likhazanati jahannama id'ʿū rabbakum yukhaffif ʿannā yawman mina l-ʿadhābi

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."(49)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
  5. لِخَزَنَةِlikhazanatito (the) keepers
  6. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
  7. ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
  8. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
  9. يُخَفِّفْyukhaffif(to) lighten
  10. عَنَّاʿannāfor us
  11. يَوْمًاyawmana day
  12. مِّنَminaof
  13. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment

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