Quran 2:106 — Al-Baqara, verse 106
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Any revelation We cause to be superseded or forgotten, We replace with something better or similar. Do you [Prophet] not know that God has power over everything?
مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا ۗ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
mā nansakh min āyatin aw nunsihā nati bikhayrin min'hā aw mith'lihā alam taʿlam anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And for whatever verse We abrogate or cast into oblivion, We bring a better or the like of it; knowest thou not that God is powerful over everything?
- Muhammad Asad
- Any message which, We annul or consign to oblivion We replace with a better or a similar one. Dost thou not know that God has the power to will anything?
- Sahih International
- We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it. Do you not know that Allāh is over all things competent?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ مَاmā | What | — |
| 2 | نَنسَخْnansakh | We abrogate | نسخ |
| 3 | مِنْmin | (of) | — |
| 4 | ءَايَةٍāyatin | a sign | أيي |
| 5 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 6 | نُنسِهَاnunsihā | [We] cause it to be forgotten | نسي |
| 7 | نَأْتِnati | We bring | أتي |
| 8 | بِخَيْرٍۢbikhayrin | better | خير |
| 9 | مِّنْهَآmin'hā | than it | — |
| 10 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 11 | مِثْلِهَآ ۗmith'lihā | similar (to) it | مثل |
| 12 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 13 | تَعْلَمْtaʿlam | you know | علم |
| 14 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 17 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 19 | قَدِيرٌqadīrun | (is) All-Powerful | قدر |