Quran 40:43 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no doubt that what you call me to serve is not fit to be invoked either in this world or the Hereafter: our return is to God alone, and it will be the rebels who will inhabit the Fire.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ
lā jarama annamā tadʿūnanī ilayhi laysa lahu daʿwatun fī l-dun'yā walā fī l-ākhirati wa-anna maraddanā ilā l-lahi wa-anna l-mus'rifīna hum aṣḥābu l-nāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No doubt that what you call me to has no call heard, in this world or in the world to come, that to God we return, and that the prodigal are the inhabitants of the Fire.
- Muhammad Asad
- “There is no doubt that what you summon me to is something that has no claim to being invoked either in this world or in the life to come - as [there is no doubt] that unto God is our return, and that they who have wasted their own selves shall find themselves in the fire:
- Sahih International
- Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allāh, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | No | — |
| 2 | جَرَمَjarama | doubt | جرم |
| 3 | أَنَّمَاannamā | that what | — |
| 4 | تَدْعُونَنِىٓtadʿūnanī | you call me | دعو |
| 5 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to it | — |
| 6 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 7 | لَهُۥlahu | for it | — |
| 8 | دَعْوَةٌۭdaʿwatun | a claim | دعو |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 14 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 15 | مَرَدَّنَآmaraddanā | our return | ردد |
| 16 | إِلَىilā | (is) to | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 19 | ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīna | the transgressors | سرف |
| 20 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 21 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (will be the) companions | صحب |
| 22 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | (of) the Fire | نور |