Surah Ghafir 40:14 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 14 / 85 · Page 468

فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Word by Word

فَادْعُوا
fa-id'u
So invoke
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'lisina
(being) sincere
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
الدِّينَ
al-dina
(in) the religion
وَلَوْ
walaw
even though
كَرِهَ
kariha
dislike (it)
الْكَافِرُونَ
al-kafiruna
the disbelievers

Transliteration

Fad'ul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena wa law karihal kaafiroon

Translation

So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So call upon Allah, O believers, being sincere to Him in worship and supplication, without associating partners with Him, even though the disbelievers dislike that and it angers them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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