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سُورَةُ غَافِرٍ · 40:75
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ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

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[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

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Introduction

This is āyah 75 of Sūrat Ghafir (The Forgiver), the 60th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 24. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
60 of 114
Surah
Ghafir (40)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

See you not those who dispute about the Ayat of Allah How are they turning away (69)Those who deny the Book, and that with which We sent Our Messengers they will come to know (70)When iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along (71)In the boiling water, then they will be burned in the Fire (72)Then it will be said to them: "Where are (all) those whom you used to consider partners (73)"Besides Allah?" They will say: "They have vanished from us. Nay, we did not call upon anything before." Thus Allah leads astray the disbelievers (74)That was because you had been exulting in the earth without any right, and that you used to rejoice extremely (75)Enter the gates of Hell to abide therein, and (indeed) what an evil abode of the arrogant (76) The End of Those Who dispute and deny the Signs of Allah Allah says, 'do you not wonder, O Muhammad, at t…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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