Quran 48:23 — Al-Fath, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
such was God’s practice in the past and you will find no change in God’s practices.
سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا
sunnata l-lahi allatī qad khalat min qablu walan tajida lisunnati l-lahi tabdīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- the wont of God, as in the past before, and thou shalt never find any changing the wont of God.
- Muhammad Asad
- such being God’s way which has ever obtained in the past - and never wilt thou find any change in God’s way!
- Sahih International
- [This is] the established way of Allāh which has occurred before. And never will you find in the way of Allāh any change.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سُنَّةَsunnata | (The established) way | سنن |
| 2 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 4 | قَدْqad | passed away | — |
| 5 | خَلَتْkhalat | passed away | خلو |
| 6 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 7 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 8 | وَلَنwalan | and never | — |
| 9 | تَجِدَtajida | you will find | وجد |
| 10 | لِسُنَّةِlisunnati | in (the) way of Allah | سنن |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | in (the) way of Allah | أله |
| 12 | تَبْدِيلًۭاtabdīlan | any change | بدل |