40:1  Ha. Mim.

40:2  The revelation of the book from Allah, The All-mighty, The All-knowing,

40:3  Forgiver of the sin and Acceptor of the repentance, Formidable in the chastisement, Lord of the might. There is no deity except He and unto Him will be the place of final ending.

40:4  None argues about the signs of Allah except those who disbelieve therefore let not their moving around in the lands freely delude you.

40:5  Before them had belied the people of Noah and the Confederates after them and every nation devised a plot against their messenger to seize him and they argued with the falsehood so as to defeat the truth with it but I seized them. So how was My chastisement?

40:6  And thus the word of your Lord has gone forth against those who disbelieve that indeed they will be the companions of the fire.

40:7  Those who carry the throne and those who are around it, glorify the praise of their Lord and they profess their belief in Him and they seek forgiveness for those who believe [saying],”O our Lord, You encompass everything in mercy and in knowledge, therefore grant forgiveness to those who have turned back to you and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of the hellfire.

40:8  And admit them, O our Lord, into gardens of eternal bliss which you have promised them and those who are righteous among their fathers and their spouses and their progenies. Truly it is You who is The All-mighty, The All-wise.

40:9  And safeguard them from the evils” and whosoever You safeguard from the evils on that day, indeed it is him to whom You have granted mercy and that is the most magnificent success.

40:10  Truly those who disbelieved will be called that, “Surely Allah’s despise is greater than your despise of yourselves as you were called unto the faith but you disbelieved.”

40:11  They said, “O our Lord! You have put us to death twice and You have brought us to life twice so we have admitted to our sins. Now is there any way to get out?”

40:12  This is so because of that when Allah alone was invoked, you disbelieved but when partners were ascribed to Him, you believed. Truly the decision belongs to Allah, The All-high, The All-great.

40:13  He it is who shows you His signs and sends down sustenance for you from the heaven. But none truly remembers except one who turns back to Allah.

40:14  Therefore invoke Allah making the religion sincere for Him even though the disbelievers may be averse.

40:15  Exalted [is He] in ranks, Master of the throne, He sends down the spirit from His commandment upon anyone He pleases from among His slaves so that he may warn of the day of the encounter.

40:16  The day when they will all stand out, nothing is hidden from Allah about them. For Whom is the dominion today? It is for Allah, The One, The All Over-powering.

40:17  Today every soul is rewarded for that which it had earned. There is no wronging today. Truly Allah is Swift in reckoning.

40:18  And warn them of the day of close doom when the hearts will chokingly reach the throats. There will be no intimate friend nor intercessor worthy to be obeyed for those who wrong their own souls.

40:19  He [Allah] knows the cheatings of the eyes and all that the bosoms conceal.

40:20  And Allah judges by the truth and those they invoke besides Him, do not judge by anything. Truly Allah it is He who is The All-hearing, The All-seeing.

40:21  Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the ending of those who were before them. They were stronger than them in power and [stronger] in traces left in the earth but Allah seized them for their sins and there was no protector for them from Allah.

40:22  That was so because their messengers used to come to them with the clear signs but they disbelieved so Allah seized them. Truly He is All-strong, Formidable in the chastisement.

40:23  And indeed We had sent Moses with Our signs and with a most evident authority

40:24  to Pharaoh and Hamaan and Qarun but they said, “This is a magician full of lies.”

40:25  So when he came unto them from Our presence with the truth they said, “Kill the sons of those who believe with him and keep the females alive.” but the scheme of the disbelievers is in nothing except error.

40:26  And Pharaoh said, “Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. For indeed I fear lest he changes your religion or lest he cause the corruption to be apparent in the land.”

40:27  And Moses said, “I indeed seek refuge in my Lord and in your Lord from every arrogant who believes not in the day of the reckoning.”

40:28  And a man from family of Pharaoh who was a believer and hid his belief said, “Are you going to kill a person because he says my Lord is Allah and he has come to you with clear signs from your Lord? And if he is a liar, his lie is only against him but if he is truthful some of the things which he has promised you will come upon you, for truly Allah guides not anyone who is wasteful, full of lies.

40:29  “O my people, the dominion is yours today paramount in the earth but who can help us against the might of Allah if it comes upon us.” Pharaoh said, “I do not show you except what I see and I do not guide you except to the way of right guidance.”

40:30  And the one who had believed said, “O my people, I fear for you the likeness of the day of the Confederates.

40:31  Like the fate of the people of Noah and ‘Ad and Thamud and those that came after them and Allah never intends for the slaves any wronging.

40:32  And O my people! I Indeed fear about you regarding the day of mutual calling.

40:33  The day when you will turn your back going away, there is no protector for you against Allah and whomsoever Allah causes to go astray, for him there is no guide.

40:34  And indeed Joseph came to you before with clear signs but you ceased not to be in incredulity regarding that which he came with to you until when he died you said, “Allah will never raise a messenger after him.” It is thus that Allah makes go astray anyone who is wasteful doubtful.

40:35  Those who argue about the signs of Allah without any authority which had come unto them. How great a despise it is in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus Allah puts a seal on every heart which is arrogant, peremptory.

40:36  And Pharaoh said, “O Hamaan! Build for me a lofty tower perhaps I will reach up to the gates;

40:37  the gates of the heavens so that I may behold unto the god of Moses but sincerely I do think that he is a liar.” And thus the evil of his work was made seemly to Pharaoh and he was hindered from the way. And the scheme of Pharaoh is all but in perdition.

40:38  And the one who believed said, “O my people! Follow me and I will guide you to the way of right guidance.

40:39  O my people! The life of this world is nothing but a temporary enjoyment and truly it is the hereafter that indeed is the permanent home.

40:40  Whoever works an evil he will not be rewarded except for the like of it and whoever man or woman does a righteous deed while he is a believer, it is those who will enter the paradise and they will be provided with sustenance therein without calculation.

40:41  and O my people! What is amiss for me that I call you to the salvation while you call me to the fire?

40:42  You call me so that I disbelieve in Allah and so that I ascribe partners to Him regarding that for which I have no knowledge while I call you to The All-mighty, The Oft-Forgiving.

40:43  It is no wonder that which you call me unto, there is no true call for him in this life nor in the hereafter and that our place of returning is to Allah and that those who are wasteful, it is they who are the companions of the fire.

40:44  And in time, you will come to remember that which I told you and I delegate my affair unto Allah. Truly Allah All-Seeing about the slaves.”

40:45  So Allah safeguarded him against the evils of all that they plotted and the evil of the punishment befell Pharaoh’s folk.

40:46  The fire, they are exposed unto it morning and evening and the day the hour will come [it will be said], “Make enter the people of Pharaoh to severest of the punishment.”

40:47  And when they will mutually argue in the fire, and the weak ones will say to those who grew arrogant, “We indeed were followers for you then are you able to take care for us of a portion from the fire?”

40:48  And those who grew arrogant will say, “We indeed are all in it for truly Allah has decided between the slaves.”

40:49  And those in the fire will say to the guardians of the hellfire, “Call your Lord so that He may remit for us the punishment of one day.”

40:50  They will say, “Did your messengers not use to come to you with clear signs?” They will say, “yes indeed.” They will say, “Then call.” But the call of the disbelievers is nothing but in error.

40:51  Truly We most certainly will give victory to Our messengers and to those who believed in the life of this world and on the day when the witnesses will stand.

40:52  The day when the excuses of those who wronged their own souls will be of no benefit and there will be for them the curse and there will be for them an evil home.

40:53  We did indeed grant to Moses the guidance and We caused the children of Israel to inherit the book

40:54  As a guidance and as a remembrance for the people of the heart.

40:55  So be patient truly Allah’s promise is true and ask forgiveness for your sin and glorify the praises of your Lord in the evening and in the morning.

40:56  Truly those who argue about the signs of Allah without any authority that has come to them, truly there is nothing in their bosoms except arrogance and they are never going to attain to it [the greatness]. Therefore seek refuge in Allah. Truly it is He who is The All-hearing, The All-seeing.

40:57  Truly the creation of the heavens and of the earth is greater than the creation of the humankind but most of the human beings do not know.

40:58  And are not equal the one who is blind and the one who is seeing and are not [equal] those who believe and work righteous deeds and those who do evil. How little is that you take to remembrance.

40:59  Truly the hour is surely going to come there is no doubt in it but most of the humankind does not believe.

40:60  And your Lord said, “Call Me and I shall answer you.” Truly those who make themselves arrogant to serve Me, they shall soon enter hellfire in abject humiliation.

40:61  Allah, He it is who made the night for you that you may find rest in it and the day as a time to see. Truly Allah is surely master of favor unto the mankind but most of the mankind does not offer gratitude.

40:62  That is Allah your Lord, Creator of everything. There is no other deity save He. Where then are you rebuffed?

40:63  Thus are turned away those who used to deny the signs of Allah.

40:64  Allah is He who has made the earth for you a dwelling place and the heaven a canopy and has formed you and has made your forms most excellent and has provided for you from the good things. That is Allah, your Lord so blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

40:65  He is The Ever-living there is no deity except He therefore invoke Him making the religion sincere for Him. The praise be for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

40:66  Say, “I have indeed been prohibited to worship those that you call on besides Allah after when the clear signs have come to me from my Lord and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.”

40:67  He it is who created you from dust, then from liquid, then from a clot of blood, then he brings you forth as a child then so that you may reach the fullness of your strength, then that you may become old people – there are still among you whose souls are taken before that – and so that you may reach an appointed term and so that perhaps you may understand.

40:68  It is He who gives life and takes life but if He decrees a matter, all He says to it is, “Be” and it is.

40:69  Have you not seen those who argue about the signs of Allah how they are turned away.

40:70  Those who belie the book and that which We sent down with Our messengers and in time, they will come to know.

40:71  When the fetters shall be in their necks and the chains, they will be dragged

40:72  in the scalding water then they will be burned in the fire.

40:73  Then it is told to them, “Where are all those that you used to ascribe as partners

40:74  besides Allah?” They said, “They have gone missing from us. Nay we never used to call out on anything before.” It is thus that Allah causes the disbelievers to go astray.

40:75  That is because you used to exult in the earth without the truth and because you used to walk with conceit.

40:76  Enter the doors of the hellfire to abide therein forever and how woeful is the dwelling place for those who are arrogant.

40:77  So be patient, for Truly the promise of Allah is true. Then indeed either We show you some of that which We promise them or We take you [unto Us] for truly unto Us they will be returned.

40:78  And We indeed sent messengers before you, among them there are those whom We have mentioned to you and among them are those that We have not mentioned to you and it is not fitting for a messenger to bring a sign except with the permission of Allah. And when the commandment of Allah comes, decree is done by the truth and the people of falsehood come to loss there at.

40:79  Allah it is He who made the cattle for you so that some of them you ride and some of them you eat.

40:80  And there are other benefits for you in them and so that on them you may attain to a need in your bosoms and on them as well as on the ships you are carried.

40:81  And He shows you His signs then which of the signs of Allah will you deny?

40:82  Have they not travelled in the land and looked at how was the ending of those before them. They were more numerous than them and greater in power and in traces in the land but all that they used to earn did not avail them.

40:83  So when their messengers came to them with clear signs, they exulted in that which they had from the knowledge and befell them that which they used to mock at.

40:84  But when they saw Our fury they said, “We believe in Allah alone and we disavow all that by which we used to be those who ascribe partners to Allah.”

40:85  But their faith was not to benefit them after they saw Our fury. [It is] Allah’s way which has passed among His slaves and there at the disbelievers came to loss.