سورة غَافر
Surah Ghâfir 40:49
Granter of Protection · Verse 49 of 85
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِنَ الْعَذَابِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Gehenna, `Call to your Lord that He may relieve us of our agony for a while.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!î
Ahmed Ali
Those in the Fire will say to the warders of Hell: "Ask your Lord to reduce the punishment by a day for us."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Those who are in the Fire will cry to the keepers of Hell: "Call upon your Lord that He may lighten the punishment for us for one day (at least)."
Daryabadi
And those in the Fire will say Unto the keepers of Hell: supplicate your Lord that He may lighten for us a day of the torment.
Faridul Haque
And those who are in the fire said to its guards, “Pray to your Lord to decrease the punishment upon us for one day.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And those in the Fire will say to the guards of hell: Pray to your Lord to lighten our chastisement for a day.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell, `Pray to your Lord that HE may lighten for us the punishment for a day.'
Muhammad Asad
And they who are in the fire will say to the keepers of hell, "Pray unto your Sustainer that He lighten, [though it be] for one day [only], this suffering of ours!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"
Muhammad Pickthall
And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.
Muhammad Sarwar
The dwellers of hell fire will ask its keepers, "Pray to your Lord to relieve us from the torment at least for one day".
Muhammed ali Shakir
And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of hell: Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of the punishment.
Rashad Khalifa
Those in the hellfire will say to the guardians of Hell, "Call upon your Lord to reduce the retribution for us, for even one day."
Shabbir Ahmed
And those in the fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Ask your Lord on our behalf to lighten for us one day of this torment."
Commentary 40:49 Begging on the day of Resurrection for the relief from torments will be of no avail. This is because the verdict has been already spoken upon people in…
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
40:49 Begging on the day of Resurrection for the relief from torments will be of no avail. This is because the verdict has been already spoken upon people in recompense for their deeds. The opinion of some commentators based on this verse is that the prayers of the disbelievers are never accepted. This is not true. The Holy Qur’ân says, “Or Who is it that answers the distressed person when he calls on Him, and removes [his] distress?” (27:62) Thus Allâh does answer the prayers of a distressed person when he calls upon Him, whether he is a believer or a disbeliever. Here the term “a distressed person” is a general term and can refer to anybody - a believer or a disbeliever.