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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 81of 111

وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًۭا﴿٨١

Translation (Sahih International)

And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقُلْwaqulAnd say
جَآءَjāaHas come
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
وَزَهَقَwazahaqaand perished
ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ ۚl-bāṭiluthe falsehood
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilathe falsehood
كَانَkānais
زَهُوقًۭاzahūqan(bound) to perish

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to emigrateImam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said: The Prophet was in Makkah, then he was commanded to emigrate, and Allah revealed the words:وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطَـناً نَّصِيرًا(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And grant me from You a helping authority.") At-Tirmidhi said, "This is Hasan Sahih.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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