Surah Ghafir: The Perfect Prayer for Seeking Guidance and Blessings

Al Quran: Discover the beautiful words and profound meaning of surah Ghafir, and learn how to recite it with proper Arabic and its translation.

Surah Ghafir

Ghafir, also known as Al-Muʼmin, is the 40th chapter of the Qur'an, with 85 verses. It takes its name from verse 28, which mentions a distinguished believer from among the clan of the Pharaoh who supported Moses, referring to him as a "believing man," hence al-Mu'min; The Believer. However, this surah is most often called al-Ghafir because of the Divine Name mentioned in verse 3.Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation, it is a "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.Translation: So be patient,. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.Infallibility is an indispensable attribute of Islamic Prophet-hood according to Muslims. So according to Muslims, all the Islamic prophets are infallible in the sense that they do not sin or disobey God's orders. Here, God reminds the believers of an important fact to which Muslims must be attentive on the way to God.

Fussilat

Az-Zumar

Ghafir

فمن أظلم

تفسير : hā mīm: god knows best what he means by these [letters].

تفسير : the revelation of the book, the qur’ān (tanzīlu’l-kitābi is the subject), is from god (mina’llāhi is its predicate), the mighty, in his kingdom, the knower, of his creatures.

Tanzeelu alkitabi mina Allahi alAAazeezi alAAaleemi

تفسير : forgiver of sins, for believers, and accepter of repentance, from them (al-tawb is the verbal noun), severe in punishment, of disbelievers — in other words, one who makes it severe for them — one of [abundant] bounty, bestower of abundant grace — god is eternally possessed of all of these attributes, and so the annexation construction using the derivatives [of these attributes] is for the purposes of characterisation, as in the case of the last. there is no god except him; to him is the journeying, the [ultimate] return.

Ghafiri alththanbi waqabili alttawbi shadeedi alAAiqabi thee alttawli la ilaha illa huwa ilayhi almaseeru

تفسير : none dispute the signs of god — the qur’ān — except those who disbelieve, from among the people of mecca, so do not be deceived by their bustle in the towns, [going about] seeking their livelihood in security, for the sequel for them will be the fire.

Ma yujadilu fee ayati Allahi illa allatheena kafaroo fala yaghrurka taqallubuhum fee albiladi

تفسير : the people of noah denied before them and [also] the factions, such as ‘Ād, thamūd and others, [who came] after them. and every community sought to seize their messenger, to slay him, and they argued falsely [thinking] to rebut, to eliminate, thereby the truth. then i seized them, with punishment; so how [fitting] was my punishment!, of them — in other words, it was appropriate.

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waalahzabu min baAAdihim wahammat kullu ommatin birasoolihim liyakhuthoohu wajadaloo bialbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa faakhathtuhum fakayfa kana AAiqabi

تفسير : and thus was the word of your lord — namely, the verse: assuredly i will fill hell … [q. 11:119] — fulfilled against those who disbelieve: that they shall be the inhabitants of the fire (annahum ashābu’l-nāri substitutes for kalimatu, ‘the word’).

Wakathalika haqqat kalimatu rabbika AAala allatheena kafaroo annahum ashabu alnnari

تفسير : those who bear the throne (alladhīna yahmilūna’l-‘arsha is the subject) and those around it (wa-man hawlahu is a supplement to that [subject]) glorify (yusabbihūna, is the predicate thereof) with praise of their lord, continuously proclaiming praise, in other words, [continuously] saying: subhāna’llāhi wa-bi-hamdihi, ‘glory, and praise, be to god’; and they believe in him, exalted be he, through their power of discernment, in other words, they affirm the truth of his oneness, and they ask forgiveness for those who believe, saying: ‘our lord, you embrace all things in [your] mercy and knowledge, that is to say, your mercy embraces all things and your knowledge [also embraces] all things. so forgive those who repent, of idolatry, and follow your way — the religion of islam — and shield them from the chastisement of hell-fire, that is, the fire.

Allatheena yahmiloona alAAarsha waman hawlahu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayuminoona bihi wayastaghfiroona lillatheena amanoo rabbana wasiAAta kulla shayin rahmatan waAAilman faighfir lillatheena taboo waittabaAAoo sabeelaka waqihim AAathaba aljaheemi

تفسير : our lord, and admit them into the gardens of eden, as [a place of] residence [for them], that which you have promised them, along with whoever were righteous (wa-man salaha is a supplement [either] to [the pronominal third person plural suffix] hum, ‘them’ in wa-adkhilhum, ‘and admit them’, or in wa‘adttahum, ‘you have promised them’) among their fathers and their wives and their descendants. surely you are the one who is the mighty, the wise, in what he does.

Rabbana waadkhilhum jannati AAadnin allatee waAAadtahum waman salaha min abaihim waazwajihim wathurriyyatihim innaka anta alAAazeezu alhakeemu

تفسير : and shield them from evil deeds, that is, [from] the chastisement thereof; for whomever you shield from evil deeds that day, the day of resurrection, verily him you will have had been merciful to; and that is indeed the supreme triumph’.

Waqihimu alssayyiati waman taqi alssayyiati yawmaithin faqad rahimtahu wathalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu

تفسير : indeed to those who disbelieve it will be proclaimed [to them], from the part of the angels, as they [disbelievers] enter the fire in utter loathing of themselves: ‘surely god’s loathing, of you, is greater than your loathing of yourselves, as you were called, [during life] in this world, to faith but you used to disbelieve’.

Inna allatheena kafaroo yunadawna lamaqtu Allahi akbaru min maqtikum anfusakum ith tudAAawna ila aleemani fatakfuroona