Surah Ghafir, Ayah 56 (40:56)

غَافِر

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۙ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ …

Quran 40:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 473 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:56
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيُجَٰدِلُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِبِغَيْرِسُلْطَٰنٍأَتَىٰهُمْ ۙإِنفِىصُدُورِهِمْإِلَّاكِبْرٌمَّاهُمبِبَٰلِغِيهِ ۚفَٱسْتَعِذْبِٱللَّهِ ۖإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْبَصِيرُ٥٦
inna alladhīna yujādilūna fī āyāti l-lahi bighayri sul'ṭānin atāhum in fī ṣudūrihim illā kib'run mā hum bibālighīhi fa-is'taʿidh bil-lahi innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-baṣīru

Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh without [any] evidence having come to them - there is not within their breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they cannot reach. So seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Seeing.(56)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. يُجَٰدِلُونَyujādilūnadispute
  4. فِىٓfīconcerning
  5. ءَايَٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  7. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  8. سُلْطَٰنٍsul'ṭāninany authority
  9. أَتَىٰهُمْ ۙatāhum(which) came to them
  10. إِنinnot
  11. فِىfī(is) in
  12. صُدُورِهِمْṣudūrihimtheir breasts
  13. إِلَّاillābut
  14. كِبْرٌkib'rungreatness
  15. مَّاmānot
  16. هُمhumthey
  17. بِبَٰلِغِيهِ ۚbibālighīhi(can) reach it
  18. فَٱسْتَعِذْfa-is'taʿidhSo seek refuge
  19. بِٱللَّهِ ۖbil-lahiin Allah
  20. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
  21. هُوَhuwaHe
  22. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
  23. ٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīruthe All-Seer

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