Surah Al-Jathiya 45:29 — translation and meaning

الجاثية · Verse 29 / 37 · Page 501

ۚ هَذَا كِتَابُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
هَذَا
hadha
This
كِتَابُنَا
kitabuna
Our Record
يَنطِقُ
yantiqu
speaks
عَلَيْكُم
alaykum
about you
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
كُنَّا
kunna
[We] used (to)
نَسْتَنسِخُ
nastansikhu
transcribe
مَا
ma
what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
do

Transliteration

Haazaa kitaabunaa yantiqu 'alaikum bilhaqq; innaa kunnaa nastansikhu maa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed whatever you used to do."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

This is My book, in which My angels used to write your actions, which is speaking against you truthfully, so read it. I used to order the guarding angels to write what you used to do in the world.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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