Quran 40:41 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My people, why do I call you to salvation when you call me to the Fire?
وَيَا قَوْمِ مَا لِي أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى النَّجَاةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِي إِلَى النَّارِ
wayāqawmi mā lī adʿūkum ilā l-najati watadʿūnanī ilā l-nāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my people, how is it with me, that I call you to salvation, and you call me to the Fire?
- Muhammad Asad
- “And, O my people, how is it that I summon you to salvation, the while you summon me to the fire?
- Sahih International
- And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi | And O my people | قوم |
| 2 | مَاmā | What (is) | — |
| 3 | لِىٓlī | for me | — |
| 4 | أَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkum | (that) I call you | دعو |
| 5 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 6 | ٱلنَّجَوٰةِl-najati | the salvation | نجو |
| 7 | وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓwatadʿūnanī | while you call me | دعو |
| 8 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 9 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |