Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:42

41:42

لَّا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ ۖ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

lā yatīhi l-bāṭilu min bayni yadayhi walā min khalfihi tanzīlun min ḥakīmin ḥamīdin

Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

— Saheeh International

which falsehood cannot touch from any angle, a Revelation sent down from the Wise One, Worthy of All Praise-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it: (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allâh عز وجل).

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

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Word by Word

لَّاlāNot
يَأْتِيهِyatīhicomes to it
ٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
مِنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibefore it
يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore it
وَلَاwalāand not
مِنْminfrom
خَلْفِهِۦۖkhalfihibehind it
تَنزِيلٌۭtanzīlunA Revelation
مِّنْminfrom
حَكِيمٍḥakīmin(the) All-Wise
حَمِيدٍۢḥamīdin(the) Praiseworthy