سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 50
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They will say: "Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear) evidence (and signs)?" They will say: "Yes." They will reply: "Then call (as you like)! And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain (as it will not be answered by Allâh)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They (will) say
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Did there not
تَكُ
taku
Did there not
تَأْتِيكُمْ
tatīkum
come to you
رُسُلُكُم
rusulukum
your Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ
bil-bayināti
with clear proofs
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They (will) say
بَلَىٰ ۚ
balā
Yes
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They (will) say
فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ
fa-id'ʿū
Then call
وَمَا
wamā
but not
دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟
duʿāu
(is the) call
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
(of) the disbelievers
إِلَّا
illā
except
فِى
fī
in
ضَلَـٰلٍ
ḍalālin
error
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.
50. 1 How can we say anything to Allah on behalf of those people to whom Allah’s messengers came with clear proofs and miracles, but they paid no heed?
50. 2 That is, in the end, they themselves will cry out to Allah, but their cry will not be heard there. This is because, in the world, the proof had been completed against them. Now the Hereafter is not a place for faith, repentance, or action; it is the abode of recompense. Whatever was done in the world, its result will have to be faced there.
50. 2 That is, in the end, they themselves will cry out to Allah, but their cry will not be heard there. This is because, in the world, the proof had been completed against them. Now the Hereafter is not a place for faith, repentance, or action; it is the abode of recompense. Whatever was done in the world, its result will have to be faced there.
