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Verse (40:49) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 49th verse of chapter 40 (sūrat ghāfir). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God)

Sahih International: And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

Pickthall: And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.

Yusuf Ali: Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"

Shakir: And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of hell: Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of the punishment.

Muhammad Sarwar: The dwellers of hell fire will ask its keepers, "Pray to your Lord to relieve us from the torment at least for one day".

Mohsin Khan: And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"

Arberry: And those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna, 'Call on your Lord, to lighten for us one day of the chastisement!'

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