Surah Ghafir, ayah 60: "And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌۭ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Innas Saa'ata la aatiyatul laa raiba feehaa wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa yu'minoon
Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.
وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾
Wa qaala Rabbukumud 'ooneee astajib lakum; innal lazeena yastakbiroona an 'ibaadatee sa yadkhuloona jahannama daakhireen
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٦١﴾
Allaahul lazee ja'ala lakumul laila litqaskunoo feehi wannahaara mubsiraa; innal laaha lazoo fadlin 'alan naasi wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa yashkuroon
It is Allah who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
Your Lord says: call upon Me, and I will respond to you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell humiliated. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Dua is worship," and then recited this ayah (Sunan Abi Dawud 1479; Jami at-Tirmidhi 2969, graded sahih).
Ibn Kathir explains that this is a generous invitation and a promise of answer, and that the ayah calls the refusal to make dua a form of arrogance toward worship.
Ibn Kathir also cites: "Whoever does not ask Allah, He is angry with him" (Jami at-Tirmidhi, graded hasan). People tire of being asked, but Allah loves to be asked. So make dua for big and small things, in any language and at any time, and look for the times when it is more likely to be answered, such as in sujud and the last third of the night.
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 40:60. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Ayah 60 of Surah Ghafir (غَافِرٍ), "The Forgiver", surah 40 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 85 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 24 (para 24), hizb 48, on page 474 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 40/60, 40 60 or Quran 40 60.
More verses on this theme: Quran verses about mercy.
Questions
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible. (Sahih International)
Your Lord says: call upon Me, and I will respond to you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell humiliated. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Dua is worship," and then recited this ayah (Sunan Abi Dawud 1479; Jami at-Tirmidhi 2969, graded sahih).
It is in Surah Ghafir, surah 40 of the Quran, in juz 24 (para 24), on page 474 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 40:59, says: "Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe." The ayah after, 40:61, says: "It is Allah who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful."