Surah An-Nahl 16:101 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 101 / 128 · Page 278

ۚ ۙ وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَّكَانَ آيَةٍ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۙ
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
بَدَّلْنَا
baddalna
We substitute
آيَةً
ayatan
a Verse
مَّكَانَ
makana
(in) place
آيَةٍ
ayatin
(of) a Verse
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
(is) most knowing
بِمَا
bima
of what
يُنَزِّلُ
yunazzilu
He sends down
قَالُوا
qalu
they say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
أَنتَ
anta
you
مُفْتَرٍ
muf'tarin
(are) an inventor
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
aktharuhum
most of them
لَا
la
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
know

Transliteration

Wa izaa baddalnaaa Aayatam makaana Aayatinw wal laahu a'lamu bimaa yunazzilu qaalooo innamaa anta muftar; bal aksaruhum laa ya'lamoon

Translation

And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muhammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When We abrogate the ruling of one verse of the Qur’ān with another verse - and Allah knows well about the part of the Qur’ān that is abrogated for a reason and the part that is not abrogated - they say: You, O Muhammad, are only a liar making up things about Allah. Rather, most of them do not know that abrogation occurs for a divine reason with far-reaching wisdom.

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

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