The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Page #470
40:28
وَقَالَ
رَجُلٌ
مُّؤْمِنٌ
مِّنْ
آلِ
فِرْعَوْنَ
يَكْتُمُ
إِيمَانَهُ
أَتَقْتُلُونَ
رَجُلًا
أَن
يَقُولَ
رَبِّيَ
اللَّهُ
وَقَدْ
جَاءَكُم
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
مِن
رَّبِّكُمْ
وَإِن
يَكُ
كَاذِبًا
فَعَلَيْهِ
كَذِبُهُ
وَإِن
يَكُ
صَادِقًا
يُصِبْكُم
بَعْضُ
الَّذِي
يَعِدُكُمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
لَا
يَهْدِي
مَنْ
هُوَ
مُسْرِفٌ
كَذَّابٌ
wa-qāla rajulun muʾminun min ʾāli firʿawna yaktumu ʾīmānahū ʾa-taqtulūna rajulan ʾan yaqūla rabbiya llāhu wa-qad jāʾakum bi-l-bayyināti min rabbikum wa-ʾin yaku kādhiban fa-ʿalayhi kadhibuhū wa-ʾin yaku ṣādiqan yuṣibkum baʿḍu lladhī yaʿidukum ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kadhdhābun
A believer, a man from among the people of Pharaoh, who had concealed his faith, said: "Will ye slay a man because he says, 'My Lord is Allah'?- when he has indeed come to you with Clear (Signs) from your Lord? and if he be a liar, on him is (the sin of) his lie: but, if he is telling the Truth, then will fall on you something of the (calamity) of which he warns you: Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies!
— Abdullah Yusufali
Said a man of faith from Pharaoh’s clan, who concealed his faith, ‘Will you kill a man for saying, ‘‘My Lord is Allah,’’ while he has already brought you manifest proofs from your Lord? Should he be lying, his falsehood will be to his own detriment; but if he is truthful, there shall visit you some of what he promises you. Indeed Allah does not guide someone who is a transgressor and liar.
