The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
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فَلَمْ
يَكُ
يَنفَعُهُمْ
إِيمَانُهُمْ
لَمَّا
رَأَوْا
بَأْسَنَا
سُنَّتَ
اللَّهِ
الَّتِي
قَدْ
خَلَتْ
فِي
عِبَادِهِ
وَخَسِرَ
هُنَالِكَ
الْكَافِرُونَ
fa-lam yaku yanfaʿuhum ʾīmānuhum lammā raʾaw baʾsanā sunnata llāhi llatī qad khalat fī ʿibādihī wa-khasira hunālika l-kāfirūna
But their faith was of no benefit to them when they sighted Our punishment—Allah’s precedent, which has passed among His servants, and it is thence that the faithless will be losers.
— Ali Quli Qarai
But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah's Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!
