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Ghafir 42

Ayah 42 of 85 · Meccan

تَدۡعُونَنِي لِأَكۡفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشۡرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ وَأَنَا۠ أَدۡعُوكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرِ ٤٢

You invite me to disbelieve in Allāh and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refer to footnotes in 38:66.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. تَدۡعُونَنِيYou call metadʿūnanī
  2. لِأَكۡفُرَthat I disbelieveli-akfura
  3. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  4. وَأُشۡرِكَand (to) associatewa-ush'rika
  5. بِهِۦwith Himbihi
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  8. لِيfor melī
  9. بِهِۦof itbihi
  10. عِلۡمٞany knowledgeʿil'mun
  11. وَأَنَا۠and Iwa-anā
  12. أَدۡعُوكُمۡcall youadʿūkum
  13. إِلَىtoilā
  14. ٱلۡعَزِيزِthe All-Mightyl-ʿazīzi
  15. ٱلۡغَفَّٰرِthe Oft-Forgivingl-ghafāri

Tafsir

You are calling me to your falsehood in the hope that I disbelieve in Allah and worship alongside Him others, the truth of which I have no knowledge of, and I am calling you to have faith in Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, the Prevailing who has subdued everything.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran