The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Page #469
40:25
فَلَمَّا
جَاءَهُم
بِالْحَقِّ
مِنْ
عِندِنَا
قَالُوا
اقْتُلُوا
أَبْنَاءَ
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ
وَاسْتَحْيُوا
نِسَاءَهُمْ
وَمَا
كَيْدُ
الْكَافِرِينَ
إِلَّا
فِي
ضَلَالٍ
fa-lammā jāʾahum bi-l-ḥaqqi min ʿindinā qālū qtulū ʾabnāʾa lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū wa-staḥyū nisāʾahum wa-mā kaydu l-kāfirīna ʾillā fī ḍalālin
So when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, ‘Kill the sons of the faithful who are with him, and spare their women.’ But the stratagems of the faithless only go awry.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive their females," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and delusions)!...
