Surah Ghafir, Ayah 65 (40:65)

غَافِر

هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۗ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ …

Quran 40:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 474 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:65
هُوَٱلْحَىُّلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَفَٱدْعُوهُمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَ ۗٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٦٥
huwa l-ḥayu lā ilāha illā huwa fa-id'ʿūhu mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna l-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.(65)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayu(is) the Ever-Living
  3. لَآlā(there is) no
  4. إِلَٰهَilāhagod
  5. إِلَّاillābut
  6. هُوَhuwaHe
  7. فَٱدْعُوهُfa-id'ʿūhuso call Him
  8. مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
  9. لَهُlahuto Him
  10. ٱلدِّينَ ۗl-dīna(in) the religion
  11. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise (be)
  12. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
  13. رَبِّrabbi(the) Lord
  14. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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