Surah Ghafir 40:49 — translation and meaning
غافر · Verse 49 / 85 · Page 472
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
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وَقَالَ
waqala
And will say
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those
فِي
fi
in
النَّارِ
al-nari
the Fire
لِخَزَنَةِ
likhazanati
to (the) keepers
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(of) Hell
ادْعُوا
id'u
Call
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
يُخَفِّفْ
yukhaffif
(to) lighten
عَنَّا
anna
for us
يَوْمًا
yawman
a day
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْعَذَابِ
al-'adhabi
the punishment
Transliteration
Wa qaalal lazena fin Naari likhazanati Jahannamad-'oo Rabbakum yukhaffif 'annaa yawmam minal 'azaab
Translation
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those being punished in the fire from the followers and leaders will say to the keepers of hell, once they have lost hope in leaving the fire and returning to the worldly life to repent: “Call upon your Lord to lessen from us one day of this everlasting punishment”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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