Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 41·Makkī

41

مَا لِىٓ إِلَى إِلَى ﴿٤١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 5 of 9 words

Recitation · 18 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Qalqalah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

9 words · 40 letters · āyah 41 of 85

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 40:60 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

    And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.

  • Quran 5:29 · Al-Maaidaclose

    إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثْمِى وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    Indeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."

  • Quran 36:64 · Yaseenclose

    ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."

  • Quran 3:16 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"

  • Quran 55:36 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 89:30 · Al-Fajrclose

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    And enter My Paradise."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Yunus 10:862 shared roots

    وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ن-ج-وق-و-م

  • Al-Qasas 28:413 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    ن-و-رد-ع-وق-و-م

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:243 shared roots

    فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ن-ج-ون-و-رق-و-م

  • Al-Muminoon 23:732 shared roots

    وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    د-ع-وق-و-م

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:222 shared roots

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

    د-ع-وق-و-م

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1152 shared roots

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    ن-ج-وق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:41?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:41 include Quran 40:60 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 5:29 (Surah Al-Maaida), Quran 36:64 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 3:16 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 40:60 reads: “And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 40:41 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:41 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?”

Which surah is verse 40:41 in?

Quran 40:41 is āyah 41 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:41?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:41 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.