Quran 40:49 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, ‘Ask your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day,’
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِنَ الْعَذَابِ
waqāla alladhīna fī l-nāri likhazanati jahannama id'ʿū rabbakum yukhaffif ʿannā yawman mina l-ʿadhābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna, 'Call on your Lord, to lighten for us one day of the chastisement!'
- Muhammad Asad
- And they who are in the fire will say to the keepers of hell, “Pray unto your Sustainer that He lighten, [though it be] for one day [only], this suffering of ours!”
- Sahih International
- And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And will say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 5 | لِخَزَنَةِlikhazanati | to (the) keepers | خزن |
| 6 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | (of) Hell | — |
| 7 | ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿū | Call | دعو |
| 8 | رَبَّكُمْrabbakum | your Lord | ربب |
| 9 | يُخَفِّفْyukhaffif | (to) lighten | خفف |
| 10 | عَنَّاʿannā | for us | — |
| 11 | يَوْمًۭاyawman | a day | يوم |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | the punishment | عذب |