Surah Ghafir

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Meccan surah Quranic surah

Surah Ghafir is the 40th chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes God’s forgiveness, the fate of past nations, and the story of a believing man from Pharaoh’s people.

Aliases (1)

Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Meccan surah → Quranic surah →
alternateTitle	Surah Al-Mu’min → The Believer → The Forgiver →
belongsToGroup	Hawamim surahs →
chapterNumber	40 →
classification	Meccan →
contains	verses about reliance on God → verses about the Day of Judgment → verses about the call to patience → verses about the dispute of the people of Hellfire →
containsStoryOf	Pharaoh → a believing man from Pharaoh’s family →
emphasizesAttributeOfGod	Al-Aziz (The Almighty) → Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver) → Al-‘Alim (The All-Knowing) →
follows	Surah Az-Zumar →
keyConcept	God forgives sins for those who repent → angels seek forgiveness for the believers → argument from creation for God’s oneness → disbelievers are seized suddenly by punishment →
language	Arabic →
mentions	Musa (Moses) → Pharaoh’s people → previous destroyed nations →
name	Al-Mu’min → Ghafir →
numberOfVerses	85 →
openingLetters	Ha Mim →
partOf	Quran →
positionInHawamim	first →
precedes	Surah Fussilat →
religiousTradition	Islam →
revealedIn	Mecca →
revealedTo	Prophet Muhammad →
scriptureType	Revelation →
theme	God’s forgiveness → angels’ supplication for believers → argument for resurrection → consequences of rejecting messengers → debate between truth and falsehood → divine mercy and punishment → fate of past nations → story of a believing man from Pharaoh’s people → warning to disbelievers →
verseRange	1-85 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Surah Ghafir ("Al-Ghafir (The Forgiver)") →	emphasizesAttributeOfGod
Surah Ad-Dukhan →	groupedWith
Quran →	hasPart
Surah Fussilat →	precedesInQuran
Surah Az-Zumar →	revealedBefore