Quran 40:42 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You call me to disbelieve in God and to associate with Him things of which I have no knowledge; I call you to the Mighty, the Forgiving One.
تَدْعُونَنِي لِأَكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى الْعَزِيزِ الْغَفَّارِ
tadʿūnanī li-akfura bil-lahi wa-ush'rika bihi mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-anā adʿūkum ilā l-ʿazīzi l-ghafāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You call me to disbelieve in God, and to associate with Him that whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you to the All-mighty, the All-forgiving.
- Muhammad Asad
- - [for] you call upon me to deny [the oneness of] God and to ascribe a share in His divinity to aught of which I cannot [possibly] have any knowledge the while I summon you to [a cognition of] the Almighty, the All-Forgiving!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تَدْعُونَنِىtadʿūnanī | You call me | دعو |
| 2 | لِأَكْفُرَli-akfura | that I disbelieve | كفر |
| 3 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 4 | وَأُشْرِكَwa-ush'rika | and (to) associate | شرك |
| 5 | بِهِۦbihi | with Him | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 8 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 10 | عِلْمٌۭʿil'mun | any knowledge | علم |
| 11 | وَأَنَا۠wa-anā | and I | — |
| 12 | أَدْعُوكُمْadʿūkum | call you | دعو |
| 13 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 14 | ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzi | the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 15 | ٱلْغَفَّـٰرِl-ghafāri | the Oft-Forgiving | غفر |