سورة غَافر
Surah Ghâfir 40:50
Granter of Protection · Verse 50 of 85
قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا فَادْعُوا ۗ وَمَا دُعَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ
Abdul Mannan Omar
These (Keepers) will say, `Did not your Messengers (of God) come to you with clear signs?´ They will answer, `Yes indeed!´ They (the Keepers of Gehenna) will say, `Then call (yourselves and your false deities).´ But the call of the disbelievers will be of no avail.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They will say: "Did there not come to you your messengers with Clear Signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply, "Then pray (as ye like)! But the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!î
Ahmed Ali
They will say: "Did not your apostles come to you with clear proofs?" They will answer: "Indeed, they did." "Then pray," will (the warders) say. But the praying of unbelievers will be all in vain.
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Ali Unal
(The keepers) will say: "Did not the Messengers sent to you come to you with clear proofs (of the truth)?" They will say, "Yes, indeed." (The keepers then) will say: "Then call (as you like)!" But the call of unbelievers is bound to be in vain.
Daryabadi
They will say: came there not your apostles Unto you with evidences? They will say: Yea? They will say: supplicate then yourselves. And supplication of the infidels will be but in wandering.
Faridul Haque
They said, “Is it not that your Noble Messengers used to come to you with clear signs?” They said, “Why not, surely yes!” They said, “Then you yourselves pray”; and the prayer of the disbelievers is nothing but astray.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They will say: Did not your messengers come to you with clear arguments? They will say: Yea. They will say: Then pray. And the prayer of the disbelievers goes astray.
Maulvi Sher Ali
The Keepers will say, `Did not your Messengers come to you with manifest Signs?' They will say, `Yea.' The Keepers will say, `Then pray on.' but the prayer of disbelievers is of no avail.
Muhammad Asad
[But the keepers of hell] will ask, "Is it not [true] that your apostles came unto you with all evidence of the truth?" Those [in the fire] will reply, "Yea, indeed." [And the keepers of hell] will say, "Pray, then!" - for the prayer of those who deny the truth cannot lead to aught but delusion.
Muhammad Musin Khan
They will say: "Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear) evidences and signs? They will say: "Yes." They will reply: "Then call (as you like)! And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in error!"
Muhammad Pickthall
They say: Came not your messengers unto you with clear proofs? They say: Yea, verily. They say: Then do ye pray, although the prayer of disbelievers is in vain.
Muhammad Sarwar
The keepers will ask them, "Did your Messengers not come to you with illustrious evidence (of the Truth)? They will reply, "Yes, they did." The keepers will then say, "You may pray but the prayer of the disbelievers will not be answered".
Muhammed ali Shakir
They shall say: Did not your messengers come to you with clear arguments? They shall say: Yea. They shall say: Then call. And the call of the unbelievers is only in error.
Rashad Khalifa
They will say, "Did you not receive your messengers who delivered to you clear messages?" They will reply, "Yes we did." They will say, "Then implore (as much as you wish); the imploring of the disbelievers is always in vain."
Shabbir Ahmed
But (the keepers) will say, "Is it not that your Messengers came to you with all evidence of the truth?" They will answer, "Yes, indeed." And the keepers will respond, "Pray, then! But the prayer of those without faith is nothing but wandering in error.”