Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:101

16:101

وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَآ ءَايَةً مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٍ ۙ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

wa-idhā baddalnā āyatan makāna āyatin wal-lahu aʿlamu bimā yunazzilu qālū innamā anta muf'tarin bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when We change a Verse (of the Qur’ân,) in place of another - and Allâh knows best what He sends down - they (the disbelievers) say: "You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) are but a Muftari! (forger, liar)." Nay, but most of them know not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
بَدَّلْنَآbaddalnāWe substitute
ءَايَةًۭāyatana Verse
مَّكَانَmakāna(in) place
ءَايَةٍۢۙāyatin(of) a Verse
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِمَاbimāof what
يُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends down
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَنتَantayou
مُفْتَرٍۭۚmuf'tarin(are) an inventor
بَلْbalNay
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow