Surah Ghafir 40:42 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 42 / 85 · Page 472

تَدْعُونَنِي لِأَكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى الْعَزِيزِ الْغَفَّارِ

Word by Word

تَدْعُونَنِي
tad'unani
You call me
لِأَكْفُرَ
li-akfura
that I disbelieve
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَأُشْرِكَ
wa-ush'rika
and (to) associate
بِهِ
bihi
with Him
مَا
ma
what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لِي
li
for me
بِهِ
bihi
of it
عِلْمٌ
il'mun
any knowledge
وَأَنَا
wa-ana
and I
أَدْعُوكُمْ
ad'ukum
call you
إِلَى
ila
to
الْعَزِيزِ
al-'azizi
the All-Mighty
الْغَفَّارِ
al-ghafari
the Oft-Forgiving

Transliteration

Tad'oonanee li-akfura billaahi wa ushrika bihee maa laisa lee bihee 'ilmunw wa ana ad'ookum ilal'Azeezil Ghaffaar

Translation

You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

You are calling me to your falsehood in the hope that I disbelieve in Allah and worship alongside Him others, the truth of which I have no knowledge of, and I am calling you to have faith in Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, the Prevailing who has subdued everything.

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

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