Quran 41:40 — Fussilat, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who distort the meaning of Our message are not hidden from Us. Is he who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who comes through safely on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you want, God certainly sees everything you do.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَا ۗ أَفَمَنْ يُلْقَىٰ فِي النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَمْ مَنْ يَأْتِي آمِنًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
inna alladhīna yul'ḥidūna fī āyātinā lā yakhfawna ʿalaynā afaman yul'qā fī l-nāri khayrun am man yatī āminan yawma l-qiyāmati iʿ'malū mā shi'tum innahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who blaspheme Our signs are not hidden from Us. What, is he who shall be cast into the Fire better, or he who comes on the Day of Resurrection in security? Do what you will; surely He sees the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- VERILY, they who distort the meaning of Our messages are not hidden from Us: hence, which [of the two] will be in a better state - he that is [destined to be] cast into the fire, or he that shall come secure [before Us] on Resurrection Day? Do what you will: verily, He sees all that you do.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | يُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūna | distort | لحد |
| 4 | فِىٓfī | [in] | — |
| 5 | ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātinā | Our Verses | أيي |
| 6 | لَاlā | (are) not | — |
| 7 | يَخْفَوْنَyakhfawna | hidden | خفي |
| 8 | عَلَيْنَآ ۗʿalaynā | from Us | — |
| 9 | أَفَمَنafaman | So, is (he) who | — |
| 10 | يُلْقَىٰyul'qā | is cast | لقي |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 13 | خَيْرٌkhayrun | better | خير |
| 14 | أَمam | or | — |
| 15 | مَّنman | (he) who | — |
| 16 | يَأْتِىٓyatī | comes | أتي |
| 17 | ءَامِنًۭاāminan | secure | أمن |
| 18 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 19 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati | (of) Resurrection | قوم |
| 20 | ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malū | Do | عمل |
| 21 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 22 | شِئْتُمْ ۖshi'tum | you will | شيأ |
| 23 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 24 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 25 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 26 | بَصِيرٌbaṣīrun | (is) All-Seer | بصر |