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Qur’an 68:40 Al-Qalam, verse 40

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Qalam (68)
Verse
40 of 52
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
565

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
سَلْهُمْsalhumAsk themس أ ل
أَيُّهُمayyuhumwhich of themأ ي ي
بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikafor that
زَعِيمٌzaʿīmun(is) responsibleز ع م

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 68:40 in Al-Qalam.

  • 68:38إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَThat indeed for you is whatever you choose?
  • 68:39أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَOr do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
  • 68:41أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَOr do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
  • 68:42يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَThe Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,

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