Surah Ghafir, Ayah 14 (40:14)

غَافِر

فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Quran 40:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 468 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:14
فَٱدْعُوا۟ٱللَّهَمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَوَلَوْكَرِهَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ١٤
fa-id'ʿū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna walaw kariha l-kāfirūna

So invoke Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.(14)

Word by word

  1. فَٱدْعُوا۟fa-id'ʿūSo invoke
  2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  3. مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
  4. لَهُlahuto Him
  5. ٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion
  6. وَلَوْwalaweven though
  7. كَرِهَkarihadislike (it)
  8. ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers

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