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An-Nahl 101

Ayah 101 of 128 · Meccan

وَإِذَا بَدَّلۡنَآ ءَايَةٗ مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفۡتَرِۭۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠١

And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allāh is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muḥammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. بَدَّلۡنَآWe substitutebaddalnā
  3. ءَايَةٗa Verseāyatan
  4. مَّكَانَ(in) placemakāna
  5. ءَايَةٖ(of) a Verseāyatin
  6. وَٱللَّهُand Allah wal-lahu
  7. أَعۡلَمُ(is) most knowingaʿlamu
  8. بِمَاof whatbimā
  9. يُنَزِّلُHe sends downyunazzilu
  10. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  11. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  12. أَنتَyouanta
  13. مُفۡتَرِۭۚ(are) an inventormuf'tarin
  14. بَلۡNaybal
  15. أَكۡثَرُهُمۡmost of themaktharuhum
  16. لَا(do) notlā
  17. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

When We abrogate the ruling of one verse of the Qur’ān with another verse - and Allah knows well about the part of the Qur’ān that is abrogated for a reason and the part that is not abrogated - they say: You, O Muhammad, are only a liar making up things about Allah. Rather, most of them do not know that abrogation occurs for a divine reason with far-reaching wisdom.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran