لِيُحِقَّ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَيُبۡطِلَ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٨
That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لِيُحِقَّThat He might justifyliyuḥiqqa
- ٱلۡحَقَّthe truthl-ḥaqa
- وَيُبۡطِلَand prove falsewayub'ṭila
- ٱلۡبَٰطِلَthe falsehoodl-bāṭila
- وَلَوۡeven ifwalaw
- كَرِهَdisliked (it)kariha
- ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَthe criminalsl-muj'rimūna
Tafsir
This occurred so that Allah may establish the truth by making Islam and its people victorious, and for Him to make clear the error of falsehood, even if the idolaters disliked this.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran