Surah Ghafir, Ayah 3 (40:3)

غَافِر

غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ …

Quran 40:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 467 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:3
غَافِرِٱلذَّنۢبِوَقَابِلِٱلتَّوْبِشَدِيدِٱلْعِقَابِذِىٱلطَّوْلِ ۖلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَ ۖإِلَيْهِٱلْمَصِيرُ٣
ghāfiri l-dhanbi waqābili l-tawbi shadīdi l-ʿiqābi dhī l-ṭawli lā ilāha illā huwa ilayhi l-maṣīru

The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.(3)

Word by word

  1. غَافِرِghāfiri(The) Forgiver
  2. ٱلذَّنۢبِl-dhanbi(of) the sin
  3. وَقَابِلِwaqābiliand (the) Acceptor
  4. ٱلتَّوْبِl-tawbi(of) [the] repentance
  5. شَدِيدِshadīdisevere
  6. ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the punishment
  7. ذِىdhīOwner (of) the abundance
  8. ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖl-ṭawliOwner (of) the abundance
  9. لَآlā(There is) no
  10. إِلَٰهَilāhagod
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. هُوَ ۖhuwaHim
  13. إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
  14. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

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