40. Ghafir (Forgiving)/al mumin

Mecca 60 [85 verses]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

هُوَ الْحَيُّ ...

40:65. He is the living (One):

C4442. The real, self-subsisting Life is only in Him:

Cf. 2:255, and n. 296.

All other forms of life are but shadows compared to His perfect Light.

... لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ...

There is no god but He:

Call upon Him, giving Him sincere devotion.

... الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!

Asad’s Version:

40:65 He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity save Him: call, then, unto Him [alone), sincere in your faith in Him. All praise is due to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds! (40:66) Say: "Since all evidence of the truth has come to me from my Sustainer, I am forbidden to worship [any of] those beings whom you invoke instead of God; and I am bidden to surrender myself to the Sustainer of all the worlds. "