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Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 24

سورة الشورى، الآية ٢٤

42:24 Juz 25 Hizb 49 Page 486 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 42:24

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ وَيَمْحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ۝٢٤

Transliteration

am yaqūlūna if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban fa-in yasha-i l-lahu yakhtim ʿalā qalbika wayamḥu l-lahu l-bāṭila wayuḥiqqu l-ḥaqa bikalimātihi innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

Translation

Or do they say, "He has invented about Allāh a lie"? But if Allāh willed, He could seal over your heart.1422 And Allāh eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

Notes

[1422] i.e., He could make you forget the Qur’ān and deprive you of it.

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Verse 24 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (42:24), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 486 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 24

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One of the claims of the idolaters is that they say: Muhammad has invented a lie against his Lord by his claim of being His messenger. One of the things that confirm that the Qur’ān is revelation from Allah is that if He willed He could have made you forget this Qur’ān. But Allah removes falsehood and establishes the truth. This is what occurred to the call of the idolaters, which was removed, and the call of Islam which was established. He knows what is in the hearts of His servants. Nothing is hidden from Him.

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Other translations of verse 24

Or do they say, “He has fabricated lies about Allah18!”? But if Allah willed, He could seal up your heart19. Allah wipes out falsehood and establishes the truth by His Words. Indeed, He is All-Knowing of what is in the hearts.

Notes

[18] While they are certain of his truthfulness and honesty.
[19] Allah could seal up the whole message by sealing up his heart; then he would not understand anything, so the whole message would then stop if He so willed.

Or say they: "He has invented a lie against Allâh?" If Allâh willed, He could have sealed up your heart (so that you forget all that you know of the Qur’ân). And Allâh wipes out falsehood, and establishes the truth (Islâm) by His Word (this Qur’ân). Verily, He knows well what (secrets) are in the breasts (of mankind).

Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah? If Allah willed, He could have sealed thy heart (against them). And Allah will wipe out the lie and will vindicate the truth by His words. Lo! He is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).

What! Do they say, "He has forged a falsehood against Allah"? But if Allah willed, He could seal up thy heart. And Allah blots out Vanity, and proves the Truth by His Words. For He knows well the secrets of all hearts.

Or do they say: He has forged a lie against Allah? But if Allah pleased, He would seal your heart; and Allah will blot out the falsehood and confirm the truth with His words; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the breasts.

Or even do they say, "He has fabricated against Allah a lie?" Yet in case Allah (so) decides, He will seal your heart; and Allah erases untruth and truthfully (upholds) the Truth by His Words. Surely He is Ever-Knowing of the (inmost thoughts) within the breasts (Literally: what the breasts own).

Verse 24 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna (do) they say ق و ل
  3. ٱفْتَرَىٰ if'tarā He has invented ف ر ي
  4. عَلَى ʿalā about
  5. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  6. كَذِبًا kadhiban a lie ك ذ ب
  7. فَإِن fa-in But if
  8. يَشَإِ yasha-i Allah willed ش ي أ
  9. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah willed
  10. يَخْتِمْ yakhtim He would seal خ ت م
  11. عَلَىٰ ʿalā [over]
  12. قَلْبِكَ qalbika your heart ق ل ب
  13. وَيَمْحُ wayamḥu And Allah eliminates م ح و
  14. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu And Allah eliminates
  15. ٱلْبَٰطِلَ l-bāṭila the falsehood ب ط ل
  16. وَيُحِقُّ wayuḥiqqu and establishes ح ق ق
  17. ٱلْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth ح ق ق
  18. بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓ bikalimātihi by His Words ك ل م
  19. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, He
  20. عَلِيمٌۢ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knowing ع ل م
  21. بِذَاتِ bidhāti of what
  22. ٱلصُّدُورِ l-ṣudūri (is in) the breasts ص د ر

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  • Al-Haqqah 69:44–47

    وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ …

    And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings, …

  • Al-’Alaq 96:18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

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  • Al-Isra 17:11

    وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

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    وَأَسِرُّوا۟ قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ ٱجْهَرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

  • Fatir 35:38

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    Indeed, Allāh is Knower of the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and earth. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:38

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."

  • Al-An’am 6:21

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.

  • Yunus 10:17

    فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    So who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh or denies His signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed.

  • Saba 34:8

    أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ

    Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

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