Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:24

42:24

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ ۗ وَيَمْحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or say they: "He has invented a lie against Allâh?" If Allâh willed, He could have sealed up your heart (so that you forget all that you know of the Qur’ân). And Allâh wipes out falsehood, and establishes the truth (Islâm) by His Word (this Qur’ân). Verily, He knows well what (secrets) are in the breasts (of mankind).

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

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Word by Word

أَمْamOr
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāHe has invented
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًۭاۖkadhibana lie
فَإِنfa-inBut if
يَشَإِyasha-iAllah willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah willed
يَخْتِمْyakhtimHe would seal
عَلَىٰʿalā[over]
قَلْبِكَۗqalbikayour heart
وَيَمْحُwayamḥuAnd Allah eliminates
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah eliminates
ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilathe falsehood
وَيُحِقُّwayuḥiqquand establishes
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦٓۚbikalimātihiby His Words
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts