Surah Ghafir, Ayah 43 (40:43)

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لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ …

Quran 40:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 472 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:43
لَاجَرَمَأَنَّمَاتَدْعُونَنِىٓإِلَيْهِلَيْسَلَهُۥدَعْوَةٌفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَافِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِوَأَنَّمَرَدَّنَآإِلَىٱللَّهِوَأَنَّٱلْمُسْرِفِينَهُمْأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِ٤٣
lā jarama annamā tadʿūnanī ilayhi laysa lahu daʿwatun fī l-dun'yā walā fī l-ākhirati wa-anna maraddanā ilā l-lahi wa-anna l-mus'rifīna hum aṣḥābu l-nāri

Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allāh, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.(43)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNo
  2. جَرَمَjaramadoubt
  3. أَنَّمَاannamāthat what
  4. تَدْعُونَنِىٓtadʿūnanīyou call me
  5. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  6. لَيْسَlaysanot
  7. لَهُۥlahufor it
  8. دَعْوَةٌdaʿwatuna claim
  9. فِىfīin
  10. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  14. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  15. مَرَدَّنَآmaraddanāour return
  16. إِلَىilā(is) to
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  18. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  19. ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe transgressors
  20. هُمْhumthey
  21. أَصْحَٰبُaṣḥābu(will be the) companions
  22. ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire

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