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Ar-Ra'd 39

Ayah 39 of 43 · Medinan

يَمۡحُواْ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثۡبِتُۖ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٣٩

Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَمۡحُواْ(Is) eliminatedyamḥū
  2. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  5. وَيُثۡبِتُۖand confirmswayuth'bitu
  6. وَعِندَهُۥٓand with Himwaʿindahu
  7. أُمُّ(is) the Mother (of) the Bookummu
  8. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(is) the Mother (of) the Bookl-kitābi

Tafsir

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran