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Surah Ar-Ra’d, Verse 39

سورة الرعد، الآية ٣٩

13:39 Juz 13 Hizb 26 Page 254 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 13:39

يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۝٣٩

Transliteration

yamḥū l-lahu mā yashāu wayuth'bitu waʿindahu ummu l-kitābi

Translation

Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.644

Notes

[644] The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), in which is inscribed the original of every scripture revealed by Allāh.

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Verse 39 of Surah Ar-Ra’d (13:39), a Medinan surah, is in juz 13, on page 254 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 39

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah removes whatever good, evil, fortune or misfortune He wills to remove and He confirms whatever He wills. With Him is the Preserved Tablet, which is the source of all of that, and any erasure or confirmation that appears conforms to what is in it.

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Other translations of verse 39

Allah eliminates what He wills or affirms it31, and with Him is the Master Book32.

Notes

[31] Although everything is set in the Record, He decrees whatever He wishes and the angels erase or affirm in the scrolls whatever He dictates.
[32] The Preserved Tablet.

Allâh blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the Mother of the Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz)

Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth (what He will), and with Him is the source of ordinance.

Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the Mother of the Book.

Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with Him is the basis of the Book.

Allah erases whatever He decides and He makes firm (whatever He decides), and in His Providence is the Essence (Literally: Mother) of the Book.

Verse 39 word by word

  1. يَمْحُوا۟ yamḥū (Is) eliminated م ح و
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah
  3. مَا mā what
  4. يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills ش ي أ
  5. وَيُثْبِتُ wayuth'bitu and confirms ث ب ت
  6. وَعِندَهُۥٓ waʿindahu and with Him ع ن د
  7. أُمُّ ummu (is) the Mother (of) the Book أ م م
  8. ٱلْكِتَٰبِ l-kitābi (is) the Mother (of) the Book ك ت ب

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 3499

"Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it." and He said: "And when We change a Verse in place of another --and Allah knows best what He sends down." and He said: "Allah blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And…

‏‏{‏ مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا ‏}‏ وَقَالَ ‏‏{‏ وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ ‏}‏ الآيَةَ وَقَالَ ‏‏{‏ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 1 other version

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 3554

"Whatever a Verse do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it." and "And when We change a Verse in place of another -and Allah knows best what He sends down" (Al-Nahl 16:101) and "Allah blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the…

وَقَالَ ‏‏{‏ وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ ‏}‏ الآيَةَ وَقَالَ ‏‏{‏ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ ‏}‏ فَأَوَّلُ مَا نُسِخَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 1 other version

Verses related to verse 39

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ad-Dukhan 44:3–4

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ …

    Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind]. …

  • Al-Baqarah 2:284

    لِّلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِن تُبْدُوا۟ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allāh will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:106

    مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَآ أَوْ مِثْلِهَآ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it. Do you not know that Allāh is over all things competent?

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