The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Page #476
40:78
وَلَقَدْ
أَرْسَلْنَا
رُسُلًا
مِّن
قَبْلِكَ
مِنْهُم
مَّن
قَصَصْنَا
عَلَيْكَ
وَمِنْهُم
مَّن
لَّمْ
نَقْصُصْ
عَلَيْكَ
وَمَا
كَانَ
لِرَسُولٍ
أَن
يَأْتِيَ
بِآيَةٍ
إِلَّا
بِإِذْنِ
اللَّهِ
فَإِذَا
جَاءَ
أَمْرُ
اللَّهِ
قُضِيَ
بِالْحَقِّ
وَخَسِرَ
هُنَالِكَ
الْمُبْطِلُونَ
wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā rusulan min qablika minhum man qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka wa-minhum man lam naqṣuṣ ʿalayka wa-mā kāna li-rasūlin ʾan yaʾtiya bi-ʾāyatin ʾillā bi-ʾidhni llāhi fa-ʾidhā jāʾa ʾamru llāhi quḍiya bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-khasira hunālika l-mubṭilūna
We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly We have sent apostles before you. Of them are those We have recounted to you, and of them are those We have not recounted to you. An apostle may not bring any sign except by Allah’s permission. Hence, when Allah’s edict comes, judgment is made with justice, and it is thence that the falsifiers become losers.
