40. Ghafir (Forgiving)/al-Mumin Mecca 60

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

هُوَ الْحَيُّ ...

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

... 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. "

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Ali’s comment:

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.