Surah 40
Al-Ghaafir
The Forgiver
غافر
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
غافر
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Transliteration
Al-Ghaafir
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English name
The Forgiver
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
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Verses
85
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Words
1219
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
40 of 114
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Position in a revelation ordering
60 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
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Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 24
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40:1-9 | حمٓ |
| 2 | 40:10-20 | إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنَادَوْنَ … |
| 3 | 40:21-27 | أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ … |
| 4 | 40:28-37 | وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ مِّنْ … |
| 5 | 40:38-50 | وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ … |
| 6 | 40:51-60 | إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ … |
| 7 | 40:61-68 | ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ … |
| 8 | 40:69-78 | أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ … |
| 9 | 40:79-85 | ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ | 4, 35, 56, 69 |
| 3 | 5 | ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ | 35, 56, 69 |
| 3 | 4 | وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا | 57, 59, 61 |
| 3 | 4 | ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ | 61, 64, 79 |
| 3 | 3 | إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ | 3, 62, 65 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1219 words406 with one root, counted104 conflicting roots215 no root recorded494 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 17 | 16 | وَقَالَ قَالَ أَقُولُ فَيَقُولُ قُلْ قُلْتُمْ قِيلَ يَقُولَ يَقُولُ |
| ي.و.م | 12 | 12 | يَوْمَ وَيَوْمَ بِيَوْمِ يَوْمًا يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمِ |
| ر.س.ل | 11 | 8 | أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا رُسُلُهُم رَسُولًا رُسُلًا رُسُلُكُم لِرَسُولٍ |
| د.ع.و | 9 | 8 | أَدْعُوكُمْ تَدْعُونَ تَدْعُونَنِى تُدْعَوْنَ دَعْوَةٌ دُعِىَ وَلْيَدْعُ يَدْعُونَ |
| ف.ر.ع.ن | 9 | 8 | فِرْعَوْنَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ |
| ع.ل.م | 8 | 8 | ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمٌ وَعِلْمًا يَعْلَمُ |
| ك.ب.ر | 8 | 7 | أَكْبَرُ مُتَكَبِّرٍ كَبُرَ كِبْرٌ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ |
| ن.و.ر | 8 | 7 | ٱلنَّارِ ٱلنَّارُ |
| ك.ف.ر | 7 | 7 | ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ فَتَكْفُرُونَ كَفَرْتُمْ لِأَكْفُرَ وَكَفَرْنَا |
| ك.ل.ل | 7 | 7 | كُلِّ كُلُّ كُلٌّ كُلَّ |
| ث.م.م | 7 | 3 | ثُمَّ |
| ر.ب.ب | 6 | 6 | رَبَّنَا رَبِّكَ لِرَبِّ وَرَبِّكُم |
65 more roots
| ش.د.د | 6 | 6 | أَشَدَّ أَشُدَّكُمْ شَدِيدُ شَدِيدِ وَأَشَدَّ |
| ك.و.ن | 6 | 5 | كَانَ فَيَكُونُ |
| س.ب.ل | 5 | 5 | سَبِيلَ سَبِيلٍ سَبِيلَكَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ |
| ق.ب.ل | 5 | 5 | قَبْلُ قَبْلِكَ وَقَابِلِ |
| ك.ذ.ب | 5 | 4 | كَذَّابٌ كَٰذِبًا كَذَّبَتْ |
| ن.و.س | 5 | 3 | ٱلنَّاسِ |
| أ.م.ن | 4 | 4 | مُؤْمِنٌ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ يُؤْمِنُ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
| ج.د.ل | 4 | 4 | يُجَٰدِلُونَ يُجَٰدِلُ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 4 | 4 | تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ذَكَرٍ فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ يَتَذَكَّرُ |
| ش.ي.أ | 4 | 4 | شَىْءٍ بِشَىْءٍ شَىْءٌ |
| ض.ل.ل | 4 | 4 | ضَلَٰلٍ يُضِلُّ |
| ظ.ل.م | 4 | 4 | ظُلْمًا ظُلْمَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
| غ.ي.ر | 4 | 4 | بِغَيْرِ |
| ق.و.م | 4 | 4 | تَقُومُ قَوْمُ قَوْمِ يَقُومُ |
| ك.ث.ر | 4 | 4 | أَكْثَرَ |
| ل.ك.م | 4 | 4 | لَكُمْ وَلَكُمْ |
| ه.د.ي | 4 | 4 | أَهْدِكُمْ أَهْدِيكُمْ هَادٍ يَهْدِى |
| خ.ل.ق | 4 | 3 | خَلَقَكُم خَلْقِ خَٰلِقُ لَخَلْقُ |
| م.ن.ن | 4 | 3 | مَّن لِّمَنِ |
| و.ع.د | 4 | 3 | وَعْدَ نَعِدُهُمْ يَعِدُكُمْ |
| ب.أ.س | 3 | 3 | بَأْسَنَا بَأْسِ |
| ج.ع.ل | 3 | 3 | جَعَلَ |
| ج.ه.ن.م | 3 | 3 | جَهَنَّمَ |
| ح.ق.ق | 3 | 3 | حَقٌّ حَقَّتْ |
| خ.و.ف | 3 | 3 | أَخَافُ |
| س.ر.ف | 3 | 3 | مُسْرِفٌ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ |
| س.ل.ط.ن | 3 | 3 | سُلْطَٰنٍ وَسُلْطَٰنٍ |
| ش.ر.ك | 3 | 3 | تُشْرِكُونَ مُشْرِكِينَ يُشْرَكْ |
| ع.ق.ب | 3 | 3 | عَٰقِبَةُ عِقَابِ |
| ع.ن.ن | 3 | 3 | عَنَّا |
| ق.و.ي | 3 | 3 | قُوَّةً قَوِىٌّ |
| م.ث.ل | 3 | 3 | مِثْلَ مِثْلَهَا مِّثْلَ |
| و.ق.ي | 3 | 3 | تَقِ وَاقٍ وَقِهِمْ |
| ق.ض.ي | 3 | 2 | قُضِىَ يَقْضُونَ يَقْضِى |
| أ.ت.ي | 2 | 2 | تَأْتِيكُمْ يَأْتِىَ |
| أ.ف.ك | 2 | 2 | تُؤْفَكُونَ يُؤْفَكُ |
| ب.ع.ض | 2 | 2 | بَعْضَ بَعْضُ |
| ب.ل.غ | 2 | 2 | أَبْلُغُ بِبَٰلِغِيهِ |
| ح.م.د | 2 | 2 | بِحَمْدِ |
| ح.م.ل | 2 | 2 | تُحْمَلُونَ يَحْمِلُونَ |
| خ.ر.ج | 2 | 2 | خُرُوجٍ يُخْرِجُكُمْ |
| خ.س.ر | 2 | 2 | وَخَسِرَ |
| خ.ل.ص | 2 | 2 | مُخْلِصِينَ |
| د.خ.ل | 2 | 2 | سَيَدْخُلُونَ يَدْخُلُونَ |
| د.و.ر | 2 | 2 | دَارُ ٱلدَّارِ |
| د.و.ن | 2 | 2 | دُونِ |
| ر.ز.ق | 2 | 2 | رِزْقًا يُرْزَقُونَ |
| ر.ش.د | 2 | 2 | ٱلرَّشَادِ |
| س.ب.ح | 2 | 2 | وَسَبِّحْ يُسَبِّحُونَ |
| س.م.ع | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّمِيعُ |
| س.م.و | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| س.و.ع | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّاعَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةُ |
| ص.ح.ب | 2 | 2 | أَصْحَٰبُ |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | صَٰلِحًا ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ |
| ظ.ه.ر | 2 | 2 | ظَٰهِرِينَ يُظْهِرَ |
| ع.ب.د | 2 | 2 | أَعْبُدَ عِبَادَتِى |
| ق.ت.ل | 2 | 2 | أَتَقْتُلُونَ أَقْتُلْ |
| ك.س.ب | 2 | 2 | كَسَبَتْ يَكْسِبُونَ |
| ك.ي.د | 2 | 2 | كَيْدُ |
| ل.ه.م | 2 | 2 | لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ |
| م.ق.ت | 2 | 2 | لَمَقْتُ مَقْتًا |
| أ.خ.ذ | 2 | 1 | فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ |
| ث.ن.ي | 2 | 1 | ٱثْنَتَيْنِ |
| ر.ج.ل | 2 | 1 | رَجُلًا رَجُلٌ |
| ع.م.ل | 2 | 1 | عَمِلَ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
494 of this surah's 1219 words have no analysis, and a further 319 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
Links to related topical studies
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
16 current studies
Repentance & spiritual development4
Justice & governance2
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell2
Science claims2
Character & relationships1
Knowledge, reason & reflection1
Mental wellbeing & hardship1
Nature & environmental responsibility1
Prophets & messengers1
Supplications & remembrance1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
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| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Signed introduction to this surah
Eighty-five verses centred on a man in Pharaoh's own family who has kept his faith hidden, arguing for Moses' life in front of the court and choosing at the end to entrust his affair to God. Around him: those who dispute the signs of God without authority, and the Hour. It opens with disconnected letters.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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