Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:106

2:106

۞ مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَآ أَوْ مِثْلِهَآ ۗ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

mā nansakh min āyatin aw nunsihā nati bikhayrin min'hā aw mith'lihā alam taʿlam anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

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?

— Saheeh International

Any revelation We cause to be superseded or forgotten, We replace with something better or similar.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?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it. Know you not that Allâh is able to do all things?

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

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۞ مَاmāWhat
نَنسَخْnansakhWe abrogate
مِنْmin(of)
ءَايَةٍāyatina sign
أَوْawor
نُنسِهَاnunsihā[We] cause it to be forgotten
نَأْتِnatiWe bring
بِخَيْرٍۢbikhayrinbetter
مِّنْهَآmin'hāthan it
أَوْawor
مِثْلِهَآۗmith'lihāsimilar (to) it
أَلَمْalamDo not
تَعْلَمْtaʿlamyou know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌqadīrun(is) All-Powerful