The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر

al-Ghāfir

The Forgiver

MeccanVerse 34 of 85
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40:34

wa-la-qad jāʾakum yūsufu min qablu bi-l-bayyināti fa-mā ziltum shakkin mimmā jāʾakum bihī ḥattā ʾidhā halaka qultum lan yabʿatha llāhu min baʿdihī rasūlan ka-dhālika yuḍillu llāhu man huwa musrifun murtābun-i

Certainly Joseph brought you manifest proofs earlier, but you continued to remain in doubt concerning what he had brought you. When he died, you said, ‘‘Allah will never send any apostle after him.’’ That is how Allah leads astray those who are unrestrained and skeptical.

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