Quran 40:14 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So call upon God and dedicate your religion to Him alone, however hateful this may be to the disbelievers:
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
fa-id'ʿū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So call unto God, making your religion His sincerely, though the unbelievers be averse.
- Muhammad Asad
- Invoke, then, God, sincere in your faith in Him alone, however hateful this may be to those who deny the truth!
- Sahih International
- So invoke Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱدْعُوا۟fa-id'ʿū | So invoke | دعو |
| 2 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 3 | مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna | (being) sincere | خلص |
| 4 | لَهُlahu | to Him | — |
| 5 | ٱلدِّينَl-dīna | (in) the religion | دين |
| 6 | وَلَوْwalaw | even though | — |
| 7 | كَرِهَkariha | dislike (it) | كره |
| 8 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers | كفر |