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Surah Saba, Verse 49

سورة سبإ، الآية ٤٩

34:49 Juz 22 Hizb 44 Page 434 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 34:49

قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ ۝٤٩

Transliteration

qul jāa l-ḥaqu wamā yub'di-u l-bāṭilu wamā yuʿīdu

Translation

Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."1237

Notes

[1237] This expression alludes to complete inability, meaning that falsehood was abolished.

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Verse 49 of Surah Saba (34:49), a Meccan surah, is in juz 22, on page 434 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 49

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject: “The truth which is Islam has come, and falsehood which has no effect or supremacy has gone, and it will not return to its dominance”.

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Other translations of verse 49

Say, “The Truth has come, and falsehood can neither initiate nor restore anything24.”

Notes

[24] i.e., the falsehood has been abolished.

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Al-Haqq (the truth i.e. the Qur’ân and Allâh’s Revelation) has come, and Al-Bâtil [falsehood - Iblîs (Satan)] can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything)."

Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.

Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."

Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back.

Say, "The Truth has come; and in no way (can) untruth start (anything) and in no way (can) it bring back (anything)."

Verse 49 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. جَآءَ jāa Has come ج ي أ
  3. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu the truth ح ق ق
  4. وَمَا wamā and not
  5. يُبْدِئُ yub'di-u (can) originate ب د أ
  6. ٱلْبَٰطِلُ l-bāṭilu the falsehood ب ط ل
  7. وَمَا wamā and not
  8. يُعِيدُ yuʿīdu repeat ع و د

Hadiths that cite this verse

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

Other hadiths (1)

Verses related to verse 49

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ghafir 40:15

    رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ

    [He is] the Exalted above [all] degrees, Owner of the Throne; He places the inspiration of His command [i.e., revelation] upon whom He wills of His servants to warn of the Day of Meeting.

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