Text of verse 85:21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ ٢١
Transliteration
bal huwa qur'ānun majīdun
Translation
But this is an honored Qur’ān
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 21
سورة البروج، الآية ٢١
Verse 21 of Surah Al-Buruj (85:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 590 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 21
Al-Mukhtasar
The Qur’ān is neither poetry nor rhyme as the deniers claim. Instead, it is a noble Qur’ān.
Other translations of verse 21
But this is a glorious Qur’an,
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur’ân,
Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
Day, this is a Glorious Qur'an,
Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
No indeed, (but) it is an Ever-Glorious Qur'an,
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Hadiths that cite this verse
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 7553
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written): My Mercy has preceded my Anger." and that (Book) is written with Him over the Throne."
لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا عِنْدَهُ غَلَبَتْ ـ أَوْ قَالَ سَبَقَتْ ـ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي. فَهْوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ "
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Sahih al-Bukhari 7554
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: "Before Allah created the creations, He wrote a Book (wherein He has written): "My Mercy has preceded my Anger.' And that is written with Him over the Throne." (see Hadith 3194)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الْخَلْقَ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي. فَهْوَ مَكْتُوبٌ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ "