# Be-Ta-Lam — بطل (bTl)

> Occurs in 36 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/bTl

- **Meaning:** To be void, to be invalid, to be null, to become void, to become useless, to become invalid, to be brave, to be a hero, to act heroically
- **Derived forms:** بَطَلَ (1) · بَٰطِل (26) · مُبْطِلُون (5) · يُبْطِلَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "with [the] falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bilbatiliwataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

And clothe not truth with vanity, nor conceal the truth when you know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-42.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 188

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "wrongfully"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَأْكُلُٓوا اَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَٓا اِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَر۪يقاً مِنْ اَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْاِثْمِ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Wala ta/kuloo amwalakumbaynakum bilbatili watudloo biha ilaalhukkami lita/kuloo fareeqan min amwali annasibil-ithmi waantum taAAlamoon

And consume not your wealth among yourselves in vanity, neither offer it to the authorities that you might consume part of the property of the people through sin, when you know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-188.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 264

- **Form in this verse:** تُبْطِلُوا۟ — tub'ṭilū · "render in vain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْاَذٰىۙ كَالَّذ۪ي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَاَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْداًۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tubtiloo sadaqatikum bilmanniwal-atha kallathee yunfiqu malahuri-aa annasi wala yu/minu billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwaninAAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilunfatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAalashay-in mimma kasaboo wallahu layahdee alqawma alkafireen

O you who heed warning: make not your charity vain through condescension and hindrance, like one who spends his wealth to be seen of men and believes not in God and the Last Day. And his likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust: a downpour fell upon it leaving it bare; they possess nothing from what they have earned; and God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-264.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "with the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Ya ahla alkitabi limatalbisoona alhaqqa bilbatili wataktumoonaalhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

O doctors of the Law: why clothe you the truth in vanity and conceal the truth, when you know?

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-71.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 191

- **Form in this verse:** بَـٰطِلًۭا — bāṭilan · "(in) vain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّٰهَ قِيَاماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلٰى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هٰذَا بَاطِلاًۚ سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Allatheena yathkuroona Allahaqiyaman waquAAoodan waAAala junoobihimwayatafakkaroona fee khalqi assamawati wal-ardirabbana ma khalaqta hatha batilan subhanakafaqina AAathaba annar

Those who remember God, standing and sitting and on their sides, and reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth: “Our Lord: Thou createdst not this to no purpose. Glory be to Thee! And protect Thou us from the punishment of the Fire!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-191.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "unjustly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُٓوا اَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْكُمْ وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَح۪يماً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola ta/kuloo amwalakum baynakum bilbatiliilla an takoona tijaratan AAan taradinminkum wala taqtuloo anfusakum inna Allaha kanabikum raheema

O you who heed warning: consume not your wealth among yourselves in vanity, or save by way of trade by mutual consent among you; and kill not yourselves; God is merciful to you;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-29.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ — bil-bāṭili · "wrongfully"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

وَاَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبٰوا وَقَدْ نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَاَكْلِهِمْ اَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِۜ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Waakhthihimu arribawaqad nuhoo AAanhu waaklihim amwala annasibilbatili waaAAtadna lilkafireenaminhum AAathaban aleema

And for their taking of usury when they had been forbidden it, and their consuming the wealth of men in vanity; and We have prepared for the false claimers of guidance among them a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-161.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَطَلَ — wabaṭala · "and became futile"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَۚ

FawaqaAAa alhaqqu wabatala makanoo yaAAmaloon

And the truth was established, and what they did made vain.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-118.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 139

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَـٰطِلٌۭ — wabāṭilun · "and vain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Inna haola-i mutabbarun mahum feehi wabatilun ma kanoo yaAAmaloon

“These: doomed to ruin is what they are in, and vain is what they have been doing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-139.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 173

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ — l-mub'ṭilūna · "the falsifiers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَوْ تَقُولُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اَشْرَكَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۚ اَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Aw taqooloo innama ashraka abaonamin qablu wakunna thurriyyatan min baAAdihimafatuhlikuna bima faAAala almubtiloon

“Or you say: ‘Our fathers but ascribed a partnership before, and we were progeny after them; wilt Thou then destroy us for what the creators of vanity did?’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-173.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُبْطِلَ — wayub'ṭila · "and prove false"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَۚ

Liyuhiqqa alhaqqa wayubtilaalbatila walaw kariha almujrimoon

That He might establish the truth and bring vanity to nothing, though the lawbreakers were averse.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-8.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ — l-bāṭila · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَۚ

Liyuhiqqa alhaqqa wayubtilaalbatila walaw kariha almujrimoon

That He might establish the truth and bring vanity to nothing, though the lawbreakers were averse.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-8.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "in falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْاَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ اَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۙ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooinna katheeran mina al-ahbari warruhbanilaya/kuloona amwala annasi bilbatiliwayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wallatheenayaknizoona aththahaba walfiddatawala yunfiqoonaha fee sabeeli Allahifabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

O you who heed warning: many among the rabbis and the religious scholars consume the wealth of men in vanity, and turn away from the path of God. And those who amass gold and silver and spend it not in the cause of God: give thou them tidings of a painful punishment: —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-34.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** سَيُبْطِلُهُۥٓ ۖ — sayub'ṭiluhu · "will nullify it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَلَمَّٓا اَلْقَوْا قَالَ مُوسٰى مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Falamma alqaw qala moosama ji/tum bihi assihru inna Allahasayubtiluhu inna Allaha la yuslihuAAamala almufsideen

And when they had cast, Moses said: “What you have brought is sorcery; God will make it vain; God makes not right the work of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-81.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَـٰطِلٌۭ — wabāṭilun · "and (is) worthless"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا النَّارُۘ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا ف۪يهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena laysa lahumfee al-akhirati illa annaru wahabitama sanaAAoo feeha wabatilun makanoo yaAAmaloon

Those are they for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter save the Fire; and vain is what they wrought therein, and vanity is what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-16.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَـٰطِلَ ۚ — wal-bāṭila · "and the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَالَتْ اَوْدِيَةٌ بِقَدَرِهَا فَاحْتَمَلَ السَّيْلُ زَبَداً رَابِياًۜ وَمِمَّا يُوقِدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي النَّارِ ابْتِغَٓاءَ حِلْيَةٍ اَوْ مَتَاعٍ زَبَدٌ مِثْلُهُۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْحَقَّ وَالْبَاطِلَۜ فَاَمَّا الزَّبَدُ فَيَذْهَبُ جُفَٓاءًۚ وَاَمَّا مَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَۜ

Anzala mina assama-i maanfasalat awdiyatun biqadariha fahtamalaassaylu zabadan rabiyan wamimma yooqidoonaAAalayhi fee annari ibtighaa hilyatinaw mataAAin zabadun mithluhu kathalika yadribuAllahu alhaqqa walbatila faammaazzabadu fayathhabu jufaan waamma mayanfaAAu annasa fayamkuthu fee al-ardi kathalikayadribu Allahu al-amthal

He sends down from the sky water, and the valleys flow according to their measure, then the flood carries a swelling froth; and from what they burn in the fire seeking ornaments or tools there is a froth like it. Thus does God present truth and vanity: as for the froth, it departs as dross; and as for what is of benefit to men, it remains in the earth. Thus does God strike similitudes.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-17.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — afabil-bāṭili · "Then in falsehood do"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجاً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَن۪ينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۜ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَۙ

Wallahu jaAAala lakum minanfusikum azwajan wajaAAala lakum min azwajikumbaneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina attayyibatiafabilbatili yu/minoona wabiniAAmati Allahihum yakfuroon

And God has appointed for you from yourselves wives, and has appointed for you from your wives sons and grandsons, and has provided you of good things. Is it then in vanity that they believe, and the favour of God they deny

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-72.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚ — l-bāṭilu · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

وَقُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُۜ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقاً

Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa

And say thou: “Truth has come, and vanity has passed away; vanity is to pass away.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-81.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ — l-bāṭila · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

وَقُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُۜ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقاً

Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa

And say thou: “Truth has come, and vanity has passed away; vanity is to pass away.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-81.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "with falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّر۪ينَ وَمُنْذِر۪ينَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَات۪ي وَمَٓا اُنْذِرُوا هُزُواً

Wama nursilu almursaleena illamubashshireena wamunthireena wayujadilu allatheenakafaroo bilbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqawattakhathoo ayatee wama onthiroohuzuwa

And We send the emissaries only as bearers of glad tidings and warners. And those who ignore warning contend in vanity to refute the truth thereby, and have taken My proofs and that whereof they are warned in mockery.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-56.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — l-bāṭili · "[the] falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَاِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۜ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Bal naqthifu bilhaqqiAAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqunwalakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoon

But We hurl the truth against vanity and it triumphs over it, and then it passes away. And woe to you for what you describe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-18.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ — l-bāṭilu · "(is) the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَاَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَب۪يرُ

Thalika bi-anna Allaha huwa alhaqquwaanna ma yadAAoona min doonihi huwa albatiluwaanna Allaha huwa alAAaliyyu alkabeer

For it is that God, He is the Truth; and that that to which they call besides Him, it is vanity; and that God, He is the Exalted, the Great!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-62.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ — l-mub'ṭilūna · "the falsifiers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَم۪ينِكَ اِذاً لَارْتَابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Wama kunta tatloo min qablihi min kitabinwala takhuttuhu biyameenika ithan lartabaalmubtiloon

And thou didst not recite any Writ before it, nor didst thou inscribe one with thy right hand; then might the creators of vanity have doubted.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-48.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "in [the] falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَه۪يداًۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ وَكَفَرُوا بِاللّٰهِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Qul kafa billahibaynee wabaynakum shaheedan yaAAlamu ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi wallatheena amanoobilbatili wakafaroo billahi ola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

Say thou: “God is sufficient between me and you as witness.” He knows what is in the heavens and the earth; and those who believe in vanity and deny God, it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-52.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — afabil-bāṭili · "Then do in (the) falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَماً اٰمِناً وَيُتَخَطَّفُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْۜ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ يَكْفُرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw anna jaAAalna haramanaminan wayutakhattafu annasu min hawlihimafabilbatili yu/minoona wabiniAAmati Allahiyakfuroon

Have they not considered that We appointed a sanctuary secure, while men were swept away round about them? Do they then believe in vanity, and deny the favour of God?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-67.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** مُبْطِلُونَ — mub'ṭilūna · "falsifiers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۜ وَلَئِنْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِاٰيَةٍ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا مُبْطِلُونَ

Walaqad darabna linnasifee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin wala-inji/tahum bi-ayatin layaqoolanna allatheena kafarooin antum illa mubtiloon

And We have struck for men in this Qur’an every similitude. And if thou come to them with a proof, those who ignore warning will say: “You are only creators of vanity.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-58.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ — l-bāṭilu · "(is) [the] falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَاَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَب۪يرُ۟

Thalika bi-anna Allaha huwa alhaqquwaanna ma yadAAoona min doonihi albatilu waanna Allahahuwa alAAaliyyu alkabeer

For it is that God, He is the Truth, and that that to which they call besides Him is vanity, and that God, He is the Exalted, the Great!

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-30.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ — l-bāṭilu · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

قُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُع۪يدُ

Qul jaa alhaqqu wamayubdi-o albatilu wama yuAAeed

Say thou: “The truth has come; and vanity originates not, and it repeats not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-49.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** بَـٰطِلًۭا ۚ — bāṭilan · "without purpose"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلاًۜ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِۜ

Wama khalaqna assamaawal-arda wama baynahuma batilanthalika thannu allatheena kafaroofawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina annar

And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them to no purpose. That is the assumption of those who ignore warning. And woe to those who ignore warning from the Fire!

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-27.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili · "by falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَالْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ فَاَخَذْتُهُمْ۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwal-ahzabu min baAAdihim wahammat kulluommatin birasoolihim liya/khuthoohu wajadaloo bilbatililiyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa faakhathtuhumfakayfa kana AAiqab

There denied before them the people of Noah, and the parties after them; and every community purposed against their messenger to seize him, and disputed with falsehood to refute thereby the truth. Then I seized them — and how was My retribution!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-5.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ — l-mub'ṭilūna · "the falsifiers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلاً مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَۜ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِاٰيَةٍ اِلَّا بِـاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ۟

Walaqad arsalna rusulan min qablikaminhum man qasasna AAalayka waminhum man lamnaqsus AAalayka wama kana lirasoolinan ya/tiya bi-ayatin illa bi-ithni Allahifa-itha jaa amru Allahi qudiya bilhaqqiwakhasira hunalika almubtiloon

And We have sent messengers before thee; among them are those We have related to thee, and among them are those We have not related to thee. And it was not for a messenger to bring a proof save by the leave of God. And when the command of God comes the matter will be decided in justice, and thereupon will the creators of vanity be lost.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-78.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ — l-bāṭilu · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

لَا يَأْت۪يهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِه۪ۜ تَنْز۪يلٌ مِنْ حَك۪يمٍ حَم۪يدٍ

La ya/teehi albatilu min bayniyadayhi wala min khalfihi tanzeelun min hakeemin hameed

— Falsehood cannot reach it from before it or from after it — a revelation from One wise and praiseworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-42.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ — l-bāṭila · "the falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۚ فَاِنْ يَشَأِ اللّٰهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَۜ وَيَمْحُ اللّٰهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Am yaqooloona iftara AAala Allahikathiban fa-in yasha-i Allahu yakhtim AAalaqalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqualhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

If they say: “He has invented a lie about God,” — but if God wills, He will seal thy heart; and God eliminates vanity and establishes truth by His words; He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-24.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ — l-mub'ṭilūna · "the falsifiers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Walillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyawma-ithin yakhsaru almubtiloon

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the day the Hour strikes, that day the creators of vanity will lose.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-27.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ — l-bāṭila · "falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ وَاَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ   كَذٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ اَمْثَالَهُمْ

Thalika bi-anna allatheenakafaroo ittabaAAoo albatila waanna allatheena amanooittabaAAoo alhaqqa min rabbihim kathalika yadribuAllahu linnasi amthalahum

For it is that those who ignore warning follow falsehood, and that those who heed warning follow the truth from their Lord! Thus does God strike for men their similitudes.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-3.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تُبْطِلُوٓا۟ — tub'ṭilū · "make vain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَط۪يعُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَط۪يعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبْطِلُٓوا اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooateeAAoo Allaha waateeAAoo arrasoolawala tubtiloo aAAmalakum

O you who heed warning: obey God and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-33.md_

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