Quran 42:24 — Ash-Shura, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can they say, ‘He has invented a lie about God’? If God so willed, He could seal your heart and blot out lies: God confirms the Truth with His words. He has full knowledge of what is in the heart-
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۖ فَإِنْ يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ ۗ وَيَمْحُ اللَّهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
am yaqūlūna if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban fa-in yasha-i l-lahu yakhtim ʿalā qalbika wayamḥu l-lahu l-bāṭila wayuḥiqqu l-ḥaqa bikalimātihi innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do they say, 'He has forged against God a lie?' But if God wills, He will set a seal on thy heart; and God blots out falsehood and verifies the truth by His words; He knows the thoughts within the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- DO THEY, perchance, say, “[Muhammad] has attributed his own lying inventions to God”? But then, had God so willed, He could have sealed thy heart [forever]: for God blots out all falsehood, and by His words proves the truth to be true. Verily, He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men];
- Sahih International
- Or do they say, "He has invented about Allāh a lie"? But if Allāh willed, He could seal over your heart. And Allāh eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | (do) they say | قول |
| 3 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | He has invented | فري |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | كَذِبًۭا ۖkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 7 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 8 | يَشَإِyasha-i | Allah willed | شيأ |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah willed | أله |
| 10 | يَخْتِمْyakhtim | He would seal | ختم |
| 11 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [over] | — |
| 12 | قَلْبِكَ ۗqalbika | your heart | قلب |
| 13 | وَيَمْحُwayamḥu | And Allah eliminates | محو |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah eliminates | أله |
| 15 | ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭila | the falsehood | بطل |
| 16 | وَيُحِقُّwayuḥiqqu | and establishes | حقق |
| 17 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 18 | بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚbikalimātihi | by His Words | كلم |
| 19 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 20 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knowing | علم |
| 21 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what | — |
| 22 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | (is in) the breasts | صدر |