Surah Fussilat, Ayah 42 (41:42)

فُصِّلَت

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

Quran 41:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 481 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:42
لَّايَأْتِيهِٱلْبَٰطِلُمِنۢبَيْنِيَدَيْهِوَلَامِنْخَلْفِهِۦ ۖتَنزِيلٌمِّنْحَكِيمٍحَمِيدٍ٤٢
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.(42)

Word by word

  1. لَّاlāNot
  2. يَأْتِيهِyatīhicomes to it
  3. ٱلْبَٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
  4. مِنۢminfrom
  5. بَيْنِbaynibefore it
  6. يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore it
  7. وَلَاwalāand not
  8. مِنْminfrom
  9. خَلْفِهِۦ ۖkhalfihibehind it
  10. تَنزِيلٌtanzīlunA Revelation
  11. مِّنْminfrom
  12. حَكِيمٍḥakīmin(the) All-Wise
  13. حَمِيدٍḥamīdin(the) Praiseworthy

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