Surah Ghafir, Ayah 16 (40:16)

غَافِر

يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ …

Quran 40:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 468 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:16
يَوْمَهُمبَٰرِزُونَ ۖلَايَخْفَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِمِنْهُمْشَىْءٌ ۚلِّمَنِٱلْمُلْكُٱلْيَوْمَ ۖلِلَّهِٱلْوَٰحِدِٱلْقَهَّارِ١٦
yawma hum bārizūna lā yakhfā ʿalā l-lahi min'hum shayon limani l-mul'ku l-yawma lillahi l-wāḥidi l-qahāri

The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allāh. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.(16)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. هُمhumthey
  3. بَٰرِزُونَ ۖbārizūnacome forth
  4. لَاlānot
  5. يَخْفَىٰyakhfāis hidden
  6. عَلَىʿalāfrom
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. مِنْهُمْmin'humabout them
  9. شَىْءٌ ۚshayonanything
  10. لِّمَنِlimaniFor whom
  11. ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'ku(is) the Dominion
  12. ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖl-yawmathis Day
  13. لِلَّهِlillahiFor Allah
  14. ٱلْوَٰحِدِl-wāḥidithe One
  15. ٱلْقَهَّارِl-qahārithe Irresistible

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