Which Surah and Juz is Quran 40:43 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ghafir (The Forgiver), the 40th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 24.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 40:43?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 40:43?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 40:43 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Allah, Return to Allah, Hellfire, Forgiveness.

Ayah 42

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ...

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Q: What does Quran 40:43 mean?

Quran 40:43 (Surah Ghafir, Ayah 43) translates to: "Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire."

Ayah 44

فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أ...

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ

Laa jarama annamaa tad'oonanee ilaihi laisa lahoo da'watun fid dunyaa wa laa fil Aakhirati wa anna maraddanaaa ilal laahi wa annal musrifeenahum Ashaabun Naar

Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire.

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40:43Ayah 185

17 ayahs in Ghafir are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

← Previous on Paradise & Hell40:41And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?Next on Paradise & Hell →40:46The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said],

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No doubt verily that to which you call me to worship has no call that is heard in other words has no call answered in this world or in the Hereafter and indeed our return will be to God and indeed the prodigal the disbelievers it is they who will be the inhabitants of the Fire.

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No caller invites to anything except that he is detained along with, on the Day of Resurrection, without parting from it, even if a man invites another man." Then he recited the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: 'But stop them, verily they are to be questioned. What is the matter with you? Why do you not help one another (37:24 & 25).'"

Sahih Muslim #175It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said:Sahih

Messenger of Allah, what are the two things quite unavoidable? He replied: He who dies without associating anyone with Allah would (necessarily) enter Paradise and he who dies associating anything with Allah would enter the (Fire of) Hell.

Sahih al-Bukhari #4296Narrated `Abdullah:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said one statement and I said another. The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Whoever dies while still invoking anything other than Allah as a rival to Allah, will enter Hell (Fire)." And I said, "Whoever dies without invoking anything as a rival to Allah, will enter Paradise."

Sahih Muslim #6675Qatada asked Anas which Supplication Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) frequently made. He said:Sahih

The supplication that he (the Prophet made very frequently is this:" O Allah, grant us the good in this world and the good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of Hell-Fire." He (Qatada) said that whenever Anas had to supplicate he made this very supplication, and whenever he (intended) to make another supplication he (inserted) this very supplication in that.