سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 43
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿43﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"No doubt you call me to (worship) one who cannot grant (me) my request (or respond to my invocation) in this world or in the Hereafter. And our return will be to Allâh, and Al-Musrifûn (i.e. polytheists and arrogants, those who commit great sins, the transgressors of Allâh’s set limits): they shall be the dwellers of the Fire!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَا
lā
No
جَرَمَ
jarama
doubt
أَنَّمَا
annamā
that what
تَدْعُونَنِىٓ
tadʿūnanī
you call me
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to it
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَهُۥ
lahu
for it
دَعْوَةٌۭ
daʿwatun
a claim
فِى
fī
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَلَا
walā
and not
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
مَرَدَّنَآ
maraddanā
our return
إِلَى
ilā
(is) to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
l-mus'rifīna
the transgressors
هُمْ
hum
they
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(will be the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
43. 1. La jarama: This matter is certain, or there is no falsehood in it.
43. 2. That is, they do not even possess the ability to hear anyone’s call so that they could benefit someone or have any right to divinity. Its meaning is approximately the same as what is stated in this verse and in many other similar verses (وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَّدْعُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ لَّا يَسْتَجِيْبُ لَهٗٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَاۗىِٕهِمْ غٰفِلُوْنَ) 46. Al-Ahqaf: 5) (اِنْ تَدْعُوْهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوْا دُعَاۗءَكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوْا مَا اسْتَجَابُوْا لَكُمْ) 35. Fatir: 14): If you call upon them, they do not hear your call, and even if, hypothetically, they were to hear, they cannot accept it.
43. 3. That is, will they be able to hear the call in the Hereafter and be able to save anyone from punishment or even intercede? This is also not possible. Can such things be worthy of being worshipped and made deities?
43. 4. Where everyone will be held accountable and will be given good or bad recompense according to their deeds.
43. 5. That is, the disbelievers and polytheists who exceed all limits in disobedience to Allah, and likewise, those Muslims who are extremely sinful and whose disobedience has reached the level of excess, they too will have to endure the punishment of Hell for some time. However, later, by the intercession of the Messenger ﷺ or by Allah’s will, they will be taken out of Hell and admitted into Paradise.
43. 2. That is, they do not even possess the ability to hear anyone’s call so that they could benefit someone or have any right to divinity. Its meaning is approximately the same as what is stated in this verse and in many other similar verses (وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَّدْعُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ لَّا يَسْتَجِيْبُ لَهٗٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَاۗىِٕهِمْ غٰفِلُوْنَ) 46. Al-Ahqaf: 5) (اِنْ تَدْعُوْهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوْا دُعَاۗءَكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوْا مَا اسْتَجَابُوْا لَكُمْ) 35. Fatir: 14): If you call upon them, they do not hear your call, and even if, hypothetically, they were to hear, they cannot accept it.
43. 3. That is, will they be able to hear the call in the Hereafter and be able to save anyone from punishment or even intercede? This is also not possible. Can such things be worthy of being worshipped and made deities?
43. 4. Where everyone will be held accountable and will be given good or bad recompense according to their deeds.
43. 5. That is, the disbelievers and polytheists who exceed all limits in disobedience to Allah, and likewise, those Muslims who are extremely sinful and whose disobedience has reached the level of excess, they too will have to endure the punishment of Hell for some time. However, later, by the intercession of the Messenger ﷺ or by Allah’s will, they will be taken out of Hell and admitted into Paradise.
