Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 39 (16:39)

ٱلنَّحْل

لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ …

Quran 16:39 is ayah 39 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 271 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:39
لِيُبَيِّنَلَهُمُٱلَّذِىيَخْتَلِفُونَفِيهِوَلِيَعْلَمَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟أَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟كَٰذِبِينَ٣٩
liyubayyina lahumu alladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi waliyaʿlama alladhīna kafarū annahum kānū kādhibīna

[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.(39)

Word by word

  1. لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinaThat He will make clear
  2. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat
  4. يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnathey differ
  5. فِيهِfīhiwherein
  6. وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that may know
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  8. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  9. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  10. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  11. كَٰذِبِينَkādhibīnaliars

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