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Surah Fussilat, Verse 42

سورة فصلت، الآية ٤٢

41:42 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 481 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 41:42

لَّا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

lā yatīhi l-bāṭilu min bayni yadayhi walā min khalfihi tanzīlun min ḥakīmin ḥamīdin

Translation

Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

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Verse 42 of Surah Fussilat (41:42), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 481 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 42

Al-Mukhtasar

And indeed, it is a noble and protected book. Falsehood in the form of subtraction, addition, change or distortion cannot come to it directly or indirectly. It is a revelation from One who is Wise in His creation, decree and legislation, and praiseworthy in all conditions.

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Other translations of verse 42

No falsehood can approach it from the front or from behind; a revelation from the One Who is All-Wise, Praiseworthy.

Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it: (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allâh عز وجل).

Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.

No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent down by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.

Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.

Untruth does not come up to it before (Literally: between its two hands) it nor from behind it; a successive sending down from (One) Ever-Wise, Ever-Praiseworthy.

Verse 42 word by word

  1. لَّا lā Not
  2. يَأْتِيهِ yatīhi comes to it أ ت ي
  3. ٱلْبَٰطِلُ l-bāṭilu the falsehood ب ط ل
  4. مِنۢ min from
  5. بَيْنِ bayni before it ب ي ن
  6. يَدَيْهِ yadayhi before it ي د ي
  7. وَلَا walā and not
  8. مِنْ min from
  9. خَلْفِهِۦ khalfihi behind it خ ل ف
  10. تَنزِيلٌ tanzīlun A Revelation ن ز ل
  11. مِّنْ min from
  12. حَكِيمٍ ḥakīmin (the) All-Wise ح ك م
  13. حَمِيدٍ ḥamīdin (the) Praiseworthy ح م د

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