Quran 5:40 — Al-Maaida, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you [Prophet] not know that control of the heavens and earth belongs solely to God? He punishes whoever He will and forgives whoever He will: God has power over everything.
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
alam taʿlam anna l-laha lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi yuʿadhibu man yashāu wayaghfiru liman yashāu wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Knowest thou not that to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth? He chastises whom He will, and forgives whom He will; and God is powerful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Dost thou not know that God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth? He chastises whom He wills, and He forgives whom He wills: for God has the power to will anything.
- Sahih International
- Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَعْلَمْtaʿlam | you know | علم |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | لَهُۥlahu | to Him (belongs) | — |
| 6 | مُلْكُmul'ku | (the) dominion | ملك |
| 7 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 8 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 9 | يُعَذِّبُyuʿadhibu | He punishes | عذب |
| 10 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 11 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 12 | وَيَغْفِرُwayaghfiru | and He forgives | غفر |
| 13 | لِمَنliman | [to] whom | — |
| 14 | يَشَآءُ ۗyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 15 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 17 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 19 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |