Surah Ghafir, Ayah 78 (40:78)

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ …

Quran 40:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 476 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:78
وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَارُسُلًامِّنقَبْلِكَمِنْهُممَّنقَصَصْنَاعَلَيْكَوَمِنْهُممَّنلَّمْنَقْصُصْعَلَيْكَ ۗوَمَاكَانَلِرَسُولٍأَنيَأْتِىَبَِٔايَةٍإِلَّابِإِذْنِٱللَّهِ ۚفَإِذَاجَآءَأَمْرُٱللَّهِقُضِىَبِٱلْحَقِّوَخَسِرَهُنَالِكَٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ٧٨
walaqad arsalnā rusulan min qablika min'hum man qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka wamin'hum man lam naqṣuṣ ʿalayka wamā kāna lirasūlin an yatiya biāyatin illā bi-idh'ni l-lahi fa-idhā jāa amru l-lahi quḍiya bil-ḥaqi wakhasira hunālika l-mub'ṭilūna

And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allāh. So when the command of Allāh comes, it will be concluded [i.e., judged] in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].(78)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe have sent
  3. رُسُلًاrusulanMessengers
  4. مِّنminbefore you
  5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
  6. مِنْهُمmin'humAmong them
  7. مَّنman(are) who
  8. قَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnāWe have related
  9. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
  10. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them
  11. مَّنman(are) who
  12. لَّمْlamnot
  13. نَقْصُصْnaqṣuṣWe have related
  14. عَلَيْكَ ۗʿalaykato you
  15. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  16. كَانَkānais
  17. لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinfor any Messenger
  18. أَنanthat
  19. يَأْتِىَyatiyahe brings
  20. بَِٔايَةٍbiāyatina Sign
  21. إِلَّاillāexcept
  22. بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
  23. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  25. جَآءَjāacomes
  26. أَمْرُamru(the) Command
  27. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  28. قُضِىَquḍiyait will be decided
  29. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
  30. وَخَسِرَwakhasiraand will lose
  31. هُنَالِكَhunālikathere
  32. ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

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