Surah Ghafir 40:60 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 60 / 85 · Page 474

ۚ وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

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ۚ
وَقَالَ
waqala
And said
رَبُّكُمُ
rabbukumu
your Lord
ادْعُونِي
id'uni
Call upon Me
أَسْتَجِبْ
astajib
I will respond
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
yastakbiruna
(are too) proud
عَنْ
an
to
عِبَادَتِي
ibadati
worship Me
سَيَدْخُلُونَ
sayadkhuluna
will enter
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
دَاخِرِينَ
dakhirina
(in) humiliation

Transliteration

Wa qaala Rabbukumud 'ooneee astajib lakum; innal lazeena yastakbiroona an 'ibaadatee sa yadkhuloona jahannama daakhireen

Translation

And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O people, your Lord said: “Call upon Me alone and worship Me alone, and do not associate any partner with Me. Those who are too arrogant in worshipping Me alone will enter the fire on the Day of Judgment, low and disgraced”.

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

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