Verse 37:40 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
36
وَیَقُولُونَ أَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوۤا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرࣲ مَّجۡنُونِۭ ٣٦
wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūni
and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’
37
بَلۡ جَاۤءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ٣٧
bal jāa bil-ḥaqi waṣaddaqa l-mur'salīn
‘No: he brought the truth and confirmed the earlier messengers
38
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَاۤىِٕقُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِیمِ ٣٨
innakum ladhāiqū l-ʿadhābi l-alīm
you will taste the painful torment
39
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٩
wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn
and be repaid only according to your deeds.’
40
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ٤٠
illā ʿibāda l-lahi l-mukh'laṣīn
Not so God’s true servants
41
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ٤١
ulāika lahum riz'qun maʿlūmu
They will have familiar provisions––
42
فَوَ ٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٤٢
fawākihu wahum muk'ramūn
fruits- and will be honoure
43
فِی جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ٤٣
fī jannāti l-naʿīm
in gardens of delight
44
عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ٤٤
yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikasin min maʿīni
seated on couches, facing one another
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