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Ghafir 49

Ayah 49 of 85 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدۡعُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ يُخَفِّفۡ عَنَّا يَوۡمٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٤٩

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd will saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلنَّارِthe Firel-nāri
  5. لِخَزَنَةِto (the) keeperslikhazanati
  6. جَهَنَّمَ(of) Helljahannama
  7. ٱدۡعُواْCallid'ʿū
  8. رَبَّكُمۡyour Lordrabbakum
  9. يُخَفِّفۡ(to) lightenyukhaffif
  10. عَنَّاfor usʿannā
  11. يَوۡمٗاa dayyawman
  12. مِّنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡعَذَابِthe punishmentl-ʿadhābi

Tafsir

Those being punished in the fire from the followers and leaders will say to the keepers of hell, once they have lost hope in leaving the fire and returning to the worldly life to repent: “Call upon your Lord to lessen from us one day of this everlasting punishment”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran