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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٨١

17:81 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 290 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:81

وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ۝٨١

Transliteration

waqul jāa l-ḥaqu wazahaqa l-bāṭilu inna l-bāṭila kāna zahūqan

Translation

And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."

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Verse 81 of Surah Al-Isra (17:81), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 290 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 81

Al-Mukhtasar

And say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: Islam has come, the help which Allah promised has come true, and idolatry and disbelief has gone. Surely, falsehood is going and will disappear, unable to remain in the face of truth.

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Other translations of verse 81

And say, “The truth has come and falsehood has perished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to perish73.”

Notes

[73] Abdullāh Ibn Mas‘ūd (رضي الله عنه) narrated that: “The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Makkah on the day of its conquest, and there were around 360 idols around the Ka‘bah. He went on thrusting them with a stick in his hand making them tumble down and saying: “The Truth has come and falsehood has perished...” [al-Bukhārī: 87; Muslim: 1781]

And say: "Truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism or this Qur’ân or Jihâd against polytheists) has come and Bâtil (falsehood, i.e. Satan or polytheism) has vanished. Surely Bâtil is ever bound to vanish."

And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

And say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely falsehood is a vanishing (thing).

And say, "The Truth has come and untruth has expired; surely the untruth has been certain to expire." (Literally: ever-expiring)

Verse 81 word by word

  1. وَقُلْ waqul And say ق و ل
  2. جَآءَ jāa Has come ج ي أ
  3. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu the truth ح ق ق
  4. وَزَهَقَ wazahaqa and perished ز ه ق
  5. ٱلْبَٰطِلُ l-bāṭilu the falsehood ب ط ل
  6. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  7. ٱلْبَٰطِلَ l-bāṭila the falsehood ب ط ل
  8. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  9. زَهُوقًا zahūqan (bound) to perish ز ه ق

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2478

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca and (at that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols around the Ka`ba. He started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and reciting: "Truth (Islam) has come and Falsehood (disbelief) has vanished."

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَكَّةَ، وَحَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ نُصُبًا فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُهَا بِعُودٍ فِي يَدِهِ وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ ‏‏{‏جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ‏}‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4720

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered Mecca (in the year of the Conquest) and there were three-hundred and sixty idols around the Ka`ba. He then started hitting them with a stick in his hand and say: 'Truth (i.e. Islam) has come and falsehood (disbelief) vanished. Truly falsehood (disbelief) is ever bound…

‏‏{‏جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ‏}‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 1781a

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca. There were three hundred and sixty idols around the Ka'ba. He began to thrust them with the stick that was in his hand saying:" Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Lo! falsehood was destined to vanish" (xvii. 8). Truth has arrived, and falsehood can neither…

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَكَّةَ وَحَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ نُصُبًا فَجَعَلَ يَطْعُنُهَا بِعُودٍ كَانَ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ ‏"‏ ‏‏{‏ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3138

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered Makkah during the year of the Conquest, and there were three hundred and sixty Nusb (Altars to sacrifice to idols) around the Ka'bah. So the Prophet (ﷺ) started hitting them with a stick he had in his hand" - or perhaps he said: "With a piece of wood, and he was…

‏ ‏‏(‏جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ‏)‏ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ ‏)‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 5 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1780a

O you assembly of the Ansār! They said: Here we are at your service, Messenger of Allah. He said: You were saying that ‘Love for his city and people has overpowered this man.' They said: So it was. He said: No, never. I am a slave of Allah and His Messenger. I migrated to Allah and to you. I will live with you and I will die with you

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Many delegations came to Mu‘āwiyah in the month of Ramadan and we would prepare food for one another. Abu Hurayrah was one of those who frequently invited us to his dwellings. I said: "Should I not prepare food and invite them to my home?" So I…

لاَ يَأْتِينِي إِلاَّ أَنْصَارِيٌّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ زَادَ غَيْرُ شَيْبَانَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اهْتِفْ لِي بِالأَنْصَارِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَطَافُوا بِهِ وَوَبَّشَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَوْبَاشًا لَهَا وَأَتْبَاعًا ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا نُقَدِّمُ هَؤُلاَءِ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 6 other versions Explained

Other hadiths (2)

Verses related to verse 81

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Anbya 21:18

    بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

    Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

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