Al-Ghaafir 40:50 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

but they will say, ‘Did your messengers not come to you with clear evidence of the truth?’ They will say, ‘Yes they did,’ and the keeper will say, ‘You can plead, then, but the pleas of disbelievers will always be in vain.’

قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا فَادْعُوا ۗ وَمَا دُعَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ

qālū awalam taku tatīkum rusulukum bil-bayināti qālū balā qālū fa-id'ʿū wamā duʿāu l-kāfirīna illā fī ḍalālin

A. J. Arberry: They shall say, 'Did not your Messengers bring you the clear signs?' They shall say, 'Yes indeed.' They shall say, 'Then do you call!' But the calling of the unbelievers is only in error.
Muhammad Asad: [But the keepers of hell] will ask, “Is it not [true] that your apostles came unto you with all evidence of the truth?” Those [in the fire] will reply, “Yea, indeed.” [And the keepers of hell] will say, “Pray, then!” - for the prayer of those who deny the truth cannot lead to aught but delusion.
Sahih International: They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error [i.e., futility]."

Word-by-word analysis of Al-Ghaafir verse 50
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	قَالُوٓا۟qālū	They (will) say	قول
2	أَوَلَمْawalam	Did there not	—
3	تَكُtaku	Did there not	كون
4	تَأْتِيكُمْtatīkum	come to you	أتي
5	رُسُلُكُمrusulukum	your Messengers	رسل
6	بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖbil-bayināti	with clear proofs	بين
7	قَالُوا۟qālū	They (will) say	قول
8	بَلَىٰ ۚbalā	Yes	—
9	قَالُوا۟qālū	They (will) say	قول
10	فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗfa-id'ʿū	Then call	دعو
11	وَمَاwamā	but not	—
12	دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟duʿāu	(is the) call	دعو
13	ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna	(of) the disbelievers	كفر
14	إِلَّاillā	except	—
15	فِىfī	in	—
16	ضَلَـٰلٍḍalālin	error	ضلل

Quran 40:50 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 50

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