40:1  Hha. M.

40:2  The revelation of the Book is from God, the Dignified, the Knowledgeable.

40:3  The Forgiver of sins, Acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment and Possessor of abundance. There is no god except Him. To Him is the ultimate destination.

40:4  None argues against God's revelations except those who disbelieve. Do not be deluded by their free movement in the land.

40:5  The people of Noah denied before them, as well as the factions that came after them. Every nation plotted against their messenger to seize him. And they argued with falsehood to refute the truth with it, so I seized them. How then was My punishment!

40:6  And thus was your Lord's Word rightly deserved upon those who disbelieved, that they are indeed to be the companions of the Fire.

40:7  Those who carry the Throne and those around it glorify their Lord with praise, and they believe in Him, and they ask forgiveness for those who believe: "Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your path, and spare them the punishment of Hellfire.

40:8  Our Lord, and admit them into the Gardens of Eden that You promised them, as well as the righteous among their parents, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, You are the Dignified, the Wise.

40:9  And safeguard them from the consequences of sin. On that Day, those whom You have safeguarded from the consequences of sin are indeed those whom You have granted mercy. That is the great triumph."

40:10  It will be proclaimed to those who disbelieved, "God's abhorrence towards you is greater than your abhorrence towards yourselves, for when you were invited to the faith, you chose to disbelieve."

40:11  They said, "Our Lord, You have put us to death twice, and You have brought us to life twice. Now we have confessed our sins, is there any way out?"

40:12  That is because, when God alone was called upon, you disbelieved, and when others were associated with Him, you believed. Judgment belongs to God, the Most High, the Great.

40:13  He is the One who shows you His signs, and He brings down to you provisions from the sky, but none will remember except those who turn to Him.

40:14  So call upon God, devoting the religion purely to Him, however much the disbelievers hate it.

40:15  He is the Possessor of the Highest Ranks and Possessor of the Throne. He casts the Ruh by His command upon whom He wills of His servants so that he would warn about the Day of Meeting;

40:16  the Day when they will be brought forward, and nothing about them will be hidden from God. To whom belongs the sovereignty today? To God, the One, the All-Conquering.

40:17  Today, every self will be repaid for what it had earned. There will be no injustice today. Indeed, God is swift in reckoning.

40:18  Warn them about the Day of Imminence, when the hearts are at the throats, choking them. The transgressors will have no friend nor intercessor to be obeyed.

40:19  He knows that which betrays the eyes and what the chests conceal.

40:20  God judges with the truth, while those whom they call upon besides Him do not judge with anything. Indeed, it is God who is the Hearer, the Seer.

40:21  Have they not travelled in the land and seen what the outcome of those who were before them was? They were more powerful than them and more influential in the land, but God seized them for their sins, and they had no protector against God.

40:22  That was because their messengers used to come to them with the clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so God seized them. He is Powerful, severe in punishment.

40:23  We sent Moses with Our signs and clear authority

40:24  to Pharaoh, Haman and Qaroon, but they said, "A lying magician!"

40:25  Then when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the children of those who believed with him, and shame their women." However, the scheming of the disbelievers only goes astray.

40:26  Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses, and let him then call upon his Lord. I fear that he may replace your religion or that he may cause corruption to appear in the earth."

40:27  Moses said, "I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning."

40:28  A believing man among Pharaoh's people who was concealing his belief said, "Are you going to kill a man for saying, 'My Lord is God,' when he has brought you the clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, his lies are to his own detriment, but if he is truthful, you will be stricken by some of what he is promising you. God does not guide the one who is excessive and a liar.

40:29  O my people, today you have sovereignty and the upper hand in the land, but who can support us against the might of God if it comes upon us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you other than what I see, and I do not direct you to other than the path of correctness."

40:30  The one who believed said, "O my people, I fear for you the like of the day of the factions,

40:31  and similar to the fate of the people of Noah, Aad, Thamoud and those after them. God does not wish any injustice for the people.

40:32  O my people, I fear for you the Day of Calling Out;

40:33  the Day when you will turn around and flee, having none to protect you against God. And whoever God misguides, he will have no guide."

40:34  Joseph came to you previously with the clear proofs, but you continued to doubt what he came to you with. Then when he died, you said, "God will not send another messenger after him." Thus does God misguide the one who is excessive and a sceptic.

40:35  Those who argue against God's revelations without any authority having come to them, they do something that is of great abhorrence in the sight of God and in the sight of those who believe. Thus does God seal the heart of every arrogant tyrant.

40:36  Pharaoh said, "O Haman, build for me a tower so that I may reach the pathways;

40:37  the pathways to the heavens, so that I may look at the god of Moses, for indeed, I think he is a liar." Thus, the evil work of Pharaoh was adorned in his eyes, and he was blocked from the path. Pharaoh's scheming led to nothing but ruin.

40:38  The one who believed said, "O my people, follow me and I will direct you to the path of correctness.

40:39  O my people, this worldly life is but a brief enjoyment, while the Hereafter is the Abode of Permanence."

40:40  Whoever commits a bad deed will only be repaid with its equivalent, and whoever does a good deed, male or female, and is a believer, those will enter Paradise wherein they will be provided for without count.

40:41  "O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?

40:42  You invite me to disbelieve in God and to associate with Him what I have no knowledge of, while I invite you to the Dignified, the Forgiving.

40:43  Without a doubt, what you invite me to does not merit supplication in this world or in the Hereafter. Our return is to God, and the excessive ones are the companions of the Fire.

40:44  You will surely come to remember what I am telling you. I entrust my affair to God. Indeed, God is Seer of the servants."

40:45  God thus protected him from the evil of what they had schemed, and a terrible punishment engulfed Pharaoh's people.

40:46  The Fire: they are displayed before it morning and evening, and on the Day the Hour comes to pass: "Admit Pharaoh's people into the most severe punishment."

40:47  When they argue in the Fire, the weak ones will say to those who were arrogant, "We used to be your followers, so will you relieve us of a portion of the Fire?"

40:48  The ones who were arrogant said, "We are all in it. God has judged between the servants."

40:49  Those in the Fire will say to the custodians of Hell, "Call upon your Lord to reduce the punishment for us for just one day."

40:50  They said, "Did your messengers not used to come to you with the clear proofs?" They said, "Yes." They said, "Then implore." However, the imploring of the disbelievers only goes astray.

40:51  Most certainly, We will support Our messengers and those who believe in the worldly life and on the Day the witnesses rise.

40:52  That will be the Day when the excuses of the transgressors will not benefit them. The curse will be upon them, and they will have the worst abode.

40:53  We gave Moses the guidance and made the Children of Israel inherit the Book;

40:54  a guidance and a reminder for those who possess intelligence.

40:55  So be patient. Indeed, God's promise is truthful. And ask forgiveness for your sin, and glorify your Lord with praise in the evenings and mornings.

40:56  Certainly, those who argue against God's revelations, without any authority having come to them, harbour nothing in their chests other than an air of greatness, something they will never attain. So seek refuge in God. He is the Hearer, the Seer.

40:57  The creation of the heavens and the earth is far greater than the creation of mankind, but most people do not know.

40:58  The blind and the seer are not the same, nor are those who believe and do good deeds the same as the evildoer. Rarely do you remember!

40:59  The Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt about it, but most people do not believe.

40:60  Your Lord said, "Implore Me, and I will respond to you. Surely, those who are too arrogant to worship Me will enter Hell humiliated."

40:61  God is the One who rendered the night for you to rest therein and the day for seeing. Indeed, God is Possessor of Favour for the people, but most people do not give thanks.

40:62  Such is God your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no god except Him. How then are you deluded?

40:63  That is how those who rejected God's revelations were deluded.

40:64  God is the One who rendered the earth a resting place for you and the sky a structure. He designed you and designed you well, and He provided you with good things. Such is God your Lord; so blessed be God, the Lord of the Worlds.

40:65  He is the Living: there is no god except Him. So call upon Him, devoting the religion purely to Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.

40:66  Say, "I have been commanded to desist from worshipping the ones you call upon besides God when the clear proofs came to me from my Lord, and I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds."

40:67  He is the One who created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then from an aalaqah, then He brings you out as a child, then to reach your maturity, then you become old, while some of you are taken before that. You shall indeed fulfil a specified term. Hopefully, you may use reason.

40:68  He is the One who brings to life and puts to death. If He decrees a matter, He merely says to it, "Be," and it is.

40:69  Have you not seen those who argue against God's revelations and how they are averted?

40:70  Those who deny the Book and what We sent Our messengers with will certainly come to know

40:71  when the shackles will be around their necks, and in chains, they will be dragged

40:72  into the boiling water, then in the Fire, they will burn.

40:73  Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate

40:74  with God?" They will say, "They have abandoned us. Rather, we never really called upon anything before." Thus does God misguide the disbelievers.

40:75  That is because you used to gloat in the land without right and for what you treated as a plaything.

40:76  Enter the gates of Hell wherein you shall permanently remain. What a miserable home for the arrogant!

40:77  So be patient. Indeed, God's promise is truthful. Whether We show you some of what We have promised them, or We take you back, to Us they will be returned.

40:78  We have sent messengers before you, some of whom We have narrated to you and some We have not narrated to you. It is not for any messenger to produce a miracle except with God's permission. Then when God's command is issued, the matter is settled equitably, and it is then that the falsifiers will lose out.

40:79  It is God who has rendered for you the livestock so you may ride some of them, and some from which you eat.

40:80  And you obtain benefits from them, and to satisfy a need that is in your chests. And on them, as well as on the ships, you are carried.

40:81  He shows you His signs, so which of God's signs do you deny?

40:82  Have they not travelled in the land and seen what the outcome of those before them was? They were more numerous than them, more powerful and more influential in the land, yet none of what they used to earn availed them.

40:83  Then, when their messengers came to them with the clear proofs, they remained content with the knowledge they already had, and they were engulfed with the very things that they mocked.

40:84  Then, when they saw Our might, they said, "We believe in God alone, and we reject what we associated with Him."

40:85  But their faith was not to benefit them once they saw Our might. Such is the same Sunna of God that has passed before among His servants, and it is then that the disbelievers will lose out.