Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

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

قُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُع۪يدُ
Qul jaa alhaqqu wamayubdi-o albatilu wama yuAAeed
#wordmeaningroot
1qulSayقول
2jāaHas comeجيا
3l-ḥaquthe truthحقق
4wamāand not
5yub'di-u(can) originateبدا
6l-bāṭiluthe falsehoodبطل
7wamāand not
8yuʿīdurepeatعود
  • Aisha Bewley

    Say: ‘The Truth has come. Falsehood cannot originate or regenerate.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    Say: "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor resurrect. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Say, "The Truth has now come to light and falsehood will hide its face, nor shall (the Days of Ignorance) come back. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

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

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Say: "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor resurrect."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Say, "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor resurrect."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Say, "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor repeat it."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Say: "The truth has come, and falsehood had neither precedence nor will reappear. "

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin nor repeat . "

  • Muhammad Asad

    Say: "The truth has now come : for, falsehood cannot bring forth anything new, nor can it bring back . "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Say: "The Truth has come and falsehood can neither originate nor recreate anything."

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Say to them: "The truth has finally arrived and now what can falsehood do hut vanish and what can it bring back but its own self-destruction!"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Say: "The truth has come. The falsehood cannot neither initiate an attack or prevail."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Al-Haqq (the truth i.e. the Qur’ân and Allâh’s Revelation) has come, and Al-Bâtil can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything)."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood will vanish, never to return."

  • Taqi Usmani

    Say, "Truth has come, and falsehood (has vanished, and it) has no power to produce or reproduce (anything)."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Say, ‘The Truth has come; falsehood is powerless.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Say. 'Truth has come; falsehood originates not, nor brings again.'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Say, 'The truth has come, and falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Say, "Surely my Lord utters the truth (or castes the truth (over His servants)), He is the Knower of the unseen (or hidden). "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Say, "The Truth has come; and in no way (can) untruth start (anything) and in no way (can) it bring back (anything). "

  • George Sale

    Say, truth is come, and falsehood is vanished, and shall not return any more.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Say: "The Truth (Al-Haqq) has come (now), and lies neither create anything new, nor bring back anything (hidden). "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Say, `The perfect truth has come (in Makkah) and (as a prophecy keep it in mind that) falsehood (and idol-worship has gone) never to sprout (again from this soil) and never to return (to it).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood neither originates not does it restore . ’