Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Isra Verse 81

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And say, “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is surely bound to vanish.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And declare, “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

And say, “The truth has come and falsehood has perished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to perish.”

A. J. Arberry

And say: 'The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished away; surely falsehood is ever certain to vanish.'

Abdul Haleem

And say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood has passed away: falsehood is bound to pass away.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And say thou: the truth is come, and falsehood hath vanished; verily falsehood is ever vanishing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And say; "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished; for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

Abul Ala Maududi

And proclaim: "The Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish."

Ahmed Ali

And say: "Truth has come and falsehood nullified." Verily falsehood is perishable.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And proclaim, “The Truth has arrived and falsehood has vanished; indeed falsehood had to vanish.” (* With the arrival of the Last Prophet – Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him)

Ali Quli Qarai

And say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Indeed falsehood is bound to vanish.’

Ali Ünal

And say: "The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish by its very nature."

Amatul Rahman Omar

And say, `Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away.´ Falsehood is indeed ever bound to vanish away.

English Literal

And say: "The truth came and the falsehood vanished/perished , that (E) the falsehood was/is vanishing/perishing ."

Faridul Haque

And proclaim, "The Truth has arrived and falsehood has vanished; indeed falsehood had to vanish." (* With the arrival of the Last Prophet - Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him)

Hamid S. Aziz

And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished! Verily, falsehood is ever bound to vanish."

Hilali & Khan

And say: "Truth (i.e. Islamic Monotheism or this Quran or Jihad against polytheists) has come and Batil (falsehood, i.e. Satan or polytheism, etc.) has vanished. Surely! Batil is ever bound to vanish."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And say: My Lord, make me enter a truthful entering, and make me go forth a truthful going forth, and grant me from Thy presence an authority to help (me).

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely falsehood is a vanishing (thing).

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

Muhammad Sarwar

Say, 'Truth has come and falsehood has been banished; it is doomed to banishment.'"

Qaribullah & Darwish

Say: 'Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood will certainly vanish'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And say: "Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely, falsehood is ever bound to vanish."

Wahiduddin Khan

Say, "Truth has come and falsehood has disappeared. Falsehood is always bound to wither away."

Talal Itani

And say, “The truth has come, and falsehood has withered away; for falsehood is bound to wither away.”

Tafsir jalalayn

And say, upon your entry into Mecca; `The Truth, Islam, has come and falsehood has vanished away, disbelief has come to nothing. Truly falsehood is ever bound to vanish', [ever bound] to fade away and disappear. Indeed the Prophet (s) entered it [Mecca] and there were 360 idols [which had been placed] around the [Sacred] House [sc. the Ka`ba]. He [the Prophet] then set about thrusting at them with a stick he was carrying, saying those [words] until they had [all] been toppled, as reported by the two Shaykhs [Bukhr and Muslim].

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَقُلْ جَاء الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ



And say;"Truth has come and falsehood has vanished..."

This is a threat and a warning to the disbelievers of the Quraysh, for there has come to them from Allah the truth of which there can be no doubt and which they have no power to resist. This is what Allah has sent to them of the Qur'an, faith and beneficial knowledge. Their falsehood has perished or vanished and been destroyed, it cannot remain or stand firm in the face of the truth.

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَـطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ

Nay, We fling the truth against the falsehood, so it destroys it, and behold, it disappears. (21;18)

Al-Bukhari recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said;

The Prophet entered Makkah (at the Conquest), and around the House (the Ka`bah) were three hundred and sixty idols. He started to strike them with a stick in his hand, saying,

جَاء الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا



Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

جَأءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِىءُ الْبَـطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

Truth has come, and falsehood can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything). (34;49)