Verse 44:40 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
36
فَأۡتُوا۟ بِءَابَاۤىِٕنَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ٣٦
fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn
Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’
37
أَهُمۡ خَیۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ٣٧
ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīn
Are they better than the people of Tubbaand those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty
38
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِینَ ٣٨
wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn
We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between
39
مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩
mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn
We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend
40
إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِیقَـٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ٤٠
inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn
The Day of Decision is the time appointed for all
41
یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلࣰى شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ٤١
yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūn
a Day when no friend can take another’s place
42
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ٤٢
illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm
No one will receive any help except for those to whom God shows mercy: He is the Mighty, the Merciful Lord
43
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٤٣
inna shajarata l-zaqūm
The tree of Zaqqu
44
طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِیمِ ٤٤
ṭaʿāmu l-athīm
will be food for the sinners
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