Quran 40:47 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In the Fire they will quarrel with one another: the weak will say to the haughty, ‘We were your followers, so can you now relieve us from some share of the Fire?’
وَإِذْ يَتَحَاجُّونَ فِي النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِنَ النَّارِ
wa-idh yataḥājjūna fī l-nāri fayaqūlu l-ḍuʿafāu lilladhīna is'takbarū innā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal antum mugh'nūna ʿannā naṣīban mina l-nāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they argue one with the other in the Fire, and the weak say unto those who waxed proud, 'Why, we were your followers; will you avail us now against any part of the Fire?'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND LO! They [who in life were wont to deny the truth] will contend with one another in the fire [of the hereafter]; and then the weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance, “Behold, we were but your followers: can you, then, relieve us of some [of our] share of this fire?”
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | يَتَحَآجُّونَyataḥājjūna | they will dispute | حجج |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 5 | فَيَقُولُfayaqūlu | then will say | قول |
| 6 | ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟l-ḍuʿafāu | the weak | ضعف |
| 7 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 8 | ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarū | were arrogant | كبر |
| 9 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 10 | كُنَّاkunnā | [we] were | كون |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | تَبَعًۭاtabaʿan | followers | تبع |
| 13 | فَهَلْfahal | so can | — |
| 14 | أَنتُمantum | you | — |
| 15 | مُّغْنُونَmugh'nūna | avert | غني |
| 16 | عَنَّاʿannā | from us | — |
| 17 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a portion | نصب |
| 18 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 19 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |