Quran 16:101 — An-Nahl, verse 101
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When We substitute one revelation for another- and God knows best what He reveals- they say, ‘You are just making it up,’ but most of them have no knowledge.
وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ ۙ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-idhā baddalnā āyatan makāna āyatin wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yunazzilu qālū innamā anta muf'tarin bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We exchange a verse in the place of another verse and God knows very well what He is sending down -- they say, 'Thou art a mere forger!' Nay, but the most of them have no knowledge.
- Muhammad Asad
- And now that We replace one message by another -since God is fully aware of what He bestows from on high, step by step - they [who deny the truth] are wont to say, "Thou but inventest it!" Nay, but most of them do not understand it!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | بَدَّلْنَآbaddalnā | We substitute | بدل |
| 3 | ءَايَةًۭāyatan | a Verse | أيي |
| 4 | مَّكَانَmakāna | (in) place | كون |
| 5 | ءَايَةٍۢ ۙāyatin | (of) a Verse | أيي |
| 6 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 7 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 8 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 9 | يُنَزِّلُyunazzilu | He sends down | نزل |
| 10 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 11 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 12 | أَنتَanta | you | — |
| 13 | مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚmuf'tarin | (are) an inventor | فري |
| 14 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 15 | أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhum | most of them | كثر |
| 16 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 17 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |