Surah Al-Isra — Verse 81
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وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا
Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
And say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood has passed away: falsehood is bound to pass away.’
Marmaduke Pickthall
And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And say, “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is surely bound to vanish.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
And say: "Truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism or this Qur’ân or Jihâd against polytheists) has come and Bâtil (falsehood, i.e. Satan or polytheism) has vanished. Surely Bâtil is ever bound to vanish."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And proclaim: "The Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish."101
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
And say: "The truth has now come [to light], and falsehood has withered away: for, behold, all falsehood is bound to wither away!"
Rowwad · source edition
And say, “The truth has come and falsehood has perished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to perish[73].”
Notes
[73] Abdullāh Ibn Mas‘ūd (رضي الله عنه) narrated that: “The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Makkah on the day of its conquest, and there were around 360 idols around the Ka‘bah. He went on thrusting them with a stick in his hand making them tumble down and saying: “The Truth has come and falsehood has perished...” [al-Bukhārī: 87; Muslim: 1781]
Noor International · source edition
(81) And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."
Hilali and Khan · source edition
81. And say: "Truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism or this Qur’ân or Jihâd against polytheists) has come and Bâtil (falsehood, i.e. Satan or polytheism) has vanished. Surely Bâtil is ever bound to vanish."