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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 39

سورة النحل، الآية ٣٩

16:39 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 271 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:39

لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰذِبِينَ ۝٣٩

Transliteration

liyubayyina lahumu alladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi waliyaʿlama alladhīna kafarū annahum kānū kādhibīna

Translation

[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

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Verse 39 of Surah An-Nahl (16:39), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 271 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 39

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah will resurrect them all on the Day of Judgement to make clear to them the things they differed about such as His Oneness, the resurrection and prophethood and so that the disbelievers may realise that they were false in their claim of Allah’s having partners and in their denial of the resurrection.

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Other translations of verse 39

so that He may make clear to them that over which they differ, and so that the disbelievers may realize that they were liars.

In order that He may make manifest to them the truth of that wherein they differ, and that those who disbelieved (in Resurrection, and in the Oneness of Allâh) may know that they were liars.

That He may explain unto them that wherein they differ, and that those who disbelieved may know that they were liars.

(They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to them the truth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth may realise that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood.

So that He might make manifest to them that about which they differ, and that those who disbelieve might know that they were liars.

So that He may make evident to them wherein they differ, and that the ones who disbelieved may know that they were liars.

Verse 39 word by word

  1. لِيُبَيِّنَ liyubayyina That He will make clear ب ي ن
  2. لَهُمُ lahumu to them
  3. ٱلَّذِى alladhī that
  4. يَخْتَلِفُونَ yakhtalifūna they differ خ ل ف
  5. فِيهِ fīhi wherein
  6. وَلِيَعْلَمَ waliyaʿlama and that may know ع ل م
  7. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  8. كَفَرُوٓا۟ kafarū disbelieved ك ف ر
  9. أَنَّهُمْ annahum that they
  10. كَانُوا۟ kānū were ك و ن
  11. كَٰذِبِينَ kādhibīna liars ك ذ ب

Verses related to verse 39

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Najm 53:31

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى

    And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

  • At-Tur 52:14–16

    هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ …

    "This is the Fire which you used to deny. …

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