Sura Ghafir -sound translation

Sūra Ghāfir (Arabic: سورة غافر) is the fortieth sura of the Qur'an and a Makki sura located in juz' twenty four. Sura Ghafir is also called Sura al-Mu'min (Arabic: سُورَةُ المُؤْمِن), because it speaks about the Believer of Pharaoh's People (Mu'min Al Fir'awn). The main theme of this sura is invalidating disbelievers' struggle to eliminate the truth (the Qur'an). In this sura, the story of Prophet Moses (a) and Pharaoh is also mentioned and it speaks about the signs proving the Unity of God and the falsehood of polytheism.

One of the famous verses of this sura is verse sixty, in which, God tells His servants to call Him so that He answers them[1]. In books of exegesis, the interpretation of this verse includes many hadiths about the importance of supplication and its superiority over worship. These hadiths also speak about the obstacles of the fulfillment of supplications. In a hadith from the Prophet (s), it is mentioned about the merit of reciting Sura Ghafir that if a person recites this sura, he will not become hopeless on the Day of Judgment.