Ghafir 40:78 · The Forgiver · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"We have sent other messengers before you- some We have mentioned to you and some We have not- and no messenger could bring about a sign except with God’s permission. When [the Day] God ordained comes, just judgement will be passed between them: there and then, those who followed falsehood will be lost."

Pickthall (classic)+

"Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

The Command to be Patient and Good News of Victory

Here Allah commands His Messenger to patiently bear the rejection of those who rejected him: `Allah will fulfill His promise to you that you will be victorious and will prevail over your people, and you and those who follow you, will be the successful ones in this world and the Hereafter.'

فَـإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ

(and whether We show you some part of what We have promised them,) means, in this world, and this is what happened, for Allah gave them the joy of humiliating the leaders and nobles (of the Quraysh), who were killed on the day of Badr, then Allah granted them victory over Makkah and the entire Arabian Peninsula during the lifetime of the Prophet .

أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

(or We cause you to die, then still it is to Us they all shall be returned.) means, `and We shall inflict a severe punishment upon them in the Hereafter.' Then Allah says, consoling His Prophet :

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلاً مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ

(And, indeed We have sent Messengers before you, of some of them We have related to you their story.) as Allah also says in Surat An-Nisa', meaning, `We have revealed the stories of some of them and how their people disbelieved in them, but the Messengers ultimately prevailed.'

وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ

(And of some We have not related to you their story, ) and they are many, many more than those whose stories have been told, as has been stated in Surat An-Nisa'. Praise and blessings be to Allah.

وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَايَةٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ

(and it was not given to any Messenger that he should bring a sign except by the leave of Allah.) means, none of the Prophets was able to bring miracles to his people except when Allah granted him permission to do that as a sign of the truth of the message he brought to them.

فَإِذَا جَـآءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ

(But, when comes the commandment of Allah,) means, His punishment and vengeance which will encompass the disbelievers,

قُضِىَ بِالْحَقِّ

(the matter will be decided with truth,) so the believers will be saved and the disbelievers will be destroyed. Allah says:

وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

(and the followers of falsehood will then be lost.)

Прежние посланники проповедовали религию Аллаха и терпеливо сносили обиды, причиняемые им неверующими соплеменниками. Все они были покорны воле твоего Господа и ничего не решали самостоятельно. Они подтверждали свою правоту убедительными логическими доводами и показывали окружающим великие чудеса, но делали они это только благодаря поддержке Всевышнего Аллаха. Всякий раз, когда нечестивцы убеждались в правдивости твоих собратьев, они упрямо отказывались уверовать в них и требовали показать им новые чудеса. Воистину, подобное поведение - величайшая несправедливость. Когда же будет ниспослано повеление Аллаха, то посланники и их враги предстанут перед справедливым судом. А это значит, что Аллах спасет посланников и их верных последователей и погубит всех неверующих и многобожников. Вот тогда приверженцы лжи окажутся в убытке. Ложь была неизменно присуща этим грешникам: их знания, деяния и устремления были порочными и бесполезными. Более того, они были вредными. О люди! Остерегайтесь лжи и не противьтесь истине, дабы не оказались вы в числе тех, которые окажутся в убытке. Такие люди не увидят добра и не сумеют оправдаться перед Аллахом.