Surah Ghafir ayat 47 Tafsir Quran 40:47

﴿وَإِذْ يَتَحَاجُّونَ فِي النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ النَّارِ﴾
[ غافر: 47]

40:47 And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?"

And mention when they will be arguing when they the disbelievers will be disputing with one another in the Fire and the weak will say to those who were arrogant ‘Indeed we were your followers taba‘an is the plural of tābi‘; so will you now avail will you defend us against any portion of the Fire?’

There and then shall all the inmates of Hell interchange altercating words and hold angry discourse and thus say the weak who lacked strength of purpose and will to those who were extravagant in their accounts of themselves We were your followers: are you now going to carry on our behalf a share of this burdensome infernal afflictions

The Dispute of the People of Hell Allah tells us how the people of Hell will dispute and argue with one another, and Fir`awn and his people will be among them.
The weak, who were the followers, will say to those who were arrogant, who were the leaders and masters: إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا ( Verily, we followed you, ) meaning, `we obeyed you and heeded your call to disbelief and misguidance in the world, ' فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيباً مِّنَ النَّارِ ( can you then take from us some portion of the Fire ) means, `can you carry a part of our burden for us' قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ ( Those who were arrogant will say: "We are all (together ) in this ( Fire )!...") meaning, `we will not bear any part of your burden for you; our own punishment is enough for us to bear.' إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ ( Verily, Allah has judged (His ) servants!) means, `He has shared out the punishment among us according to what each of us deserves'.
This is like the Ayah: قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَعْلَمُونَ ( He will say: "For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.") ( 7:38 ) وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِى النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْماً مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ ( And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels ) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!") They know that Allah will not answer them and will not listen to their prayer, because He said, اخْسَئُواْ فِيهَا وَلاَ تُكَلِّمُونِ ( Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me! ) ( 23:108 ), so they will ask the keepers of Hell, who are like jailers watching over the people of Hell, to pray to Allah to lessen the Fire for them if only for one day.
But the keepers of Hell will refuse, saying to them, أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear ) evidences) meaning, was not proof established in the world on the lips of the Messengers قَالُواْ بَلَى قَالُواْ فَادْعُواْ ( They will say: "Yes." They will reply: "Then call (as you like )!...") means, you are on your own.
We will not pray for you or listen to you; we do not want you to be saved and we have nothing to do with you.
Moreover, we tell you that it is all the same whether you offer supplication or not, because Allah will not respond and He will not lighten the torment for you.' They will say: وَمَا دُعَآءُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ ( And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain! ) meaning, it will not be accepted or responded to.

(40:47) Just imagine when they will remonstrate with one another in Hell. The weak ones will say to those who waxed proud: 'We were your followers. Will you, then, lighten for us a part of our suffering of the Fire?' *64

And [mention] when they will argue within meaning

*64) This they will not say in any hope that their previous guides or rulers or leaders would actually be able to save them from the torment, or would have it reduced.
At that time they will have fully realized that those people could not avail them anything there.
But they will say this in order to humiliate them, as if to say: " In the world you ruled over us with great show of power and authority: now save us also from this disaster which has befallen us only because of you. "
 

The Dispute of the People of Hell Allah tells us how the people of Hell will dispute and argue with one another, and Fir`awn and his people will be among them.
The weak, who were the followers, will say to those who were arrogant, who were the leaders and masters: إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا ( Verily, we followed you, ) meaning, `we obeyed you and heeded your call to disbelief and misguidance in the world, ' فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيباً مِّنَ النَّارِ ( can you then take from us some portion of the Fire ) means, `can you carry a part of our burden for us' قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ ( Those who were arrogant will say: "We are all (together ) in this ( Fire )!...") meaning, `we will not bear any part of your burden for you; our own punishment is enough for us to bear.' إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ ( Verily, Allah has judged (His ) servants!) means, `He has shared out the punishment among us according to what each of us deserves'.
This is like the Ayah: قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَعْلَمُونَ ( He will say: "For each one there is double (torment ), but you know not.") ( 7:38 ) وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِى النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُواْ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْماً مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ ( And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels ) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!") They know that Allah will not answer them and will not listen to their prayer, because He said, اخْسَئُواْ فِيهَا وَلاَ تُكَلِّمُونِ ( Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me! ) ( 23:108 ), so they will ask the keepers of Hell, who are like jailers watching over the people of Hell, to pray to Allah to lessen the Fire for them if only for one day.
But the keepers of Hell will refuse, saying to them, أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( Did there not come to you, your Messengers with (clear ) evidences) meaning, was not proof established in the world on the lips of the Messengers قَالُواْ بَلَى قَالُواْ فَادْعُواْ ( They will say: "Yes." They will reply: "Then call (as you like )!...") means, you are on your own.
We will not pray for you or listen to you; we do not want you to be saved and we have nothing to do with you.
Moreover, we tell you that it is all the same whether you offer supplication or not, because Allah will not respond and He will not lighten the torment for you.' They will say: وَمَا دُعَآءُ الْكَـفِرِينَ إِلاَّ فِى ضَلَـلٍ ( And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain! ) meaning, it will not be accepted or responded to.

( And when they ) the leaders and the followers ( wrangle in the Fire, the weak ) the followers ( say unto those who were proud ) too proud to accept faith, i.e. the leaders: ( Lo! we were a following unto you ) we followed your religion in the life of the world: ( will ye therefore rid us of a portion of the Fire ) will therefore bear for us some of the punishment of the Fire?

And, when they will dispute in the Fire, the weak will say to those who were arrogant; "Verily! We followed you, can you then take from us some portion of the Fire?"

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