Quran 16:39 — An-Nahl, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
in order to make clear for them what they have differed about and so that the disbelievers may realize that what they said was false.
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَاذِبِينَ
liyubayyina lahumu alladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi waliyaʿlama alladhīna kafarū annahum kānū kādhibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- so that He may make clear to them that whereon they were at variance, and that the unbelievers may know that they were truly liars.
- Muhammad Asad
- [He will resurrect them] to the end that He might make clear unto them all whereon they [now] hold divergent views, and that they who are bent on denying the truth [of resurrection] might come to know that they were liars.
- Sahih International
- [It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyina | That He will make clear | بين |
| 2 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | that | — |
| 4 | يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūna | they differ | خلف |
| 5 | فِيهِfīhi | wherein | — |
| 6 | وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama | and that may know | علم |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 9 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 10 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 11 | كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna | liars | كذب |