The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:33

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 33 of 77

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

They bring you no parable (by way of an objection) but We have provided you with the true fact and perfect interpretation (of it, in answer to the objection beforehand).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the truth and the best explanation (thereof).

Ahmed Ali

There is not an example they advance to which We do not give you a right answer and a better explanation.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And also, they never come to you with any (false) argument (to taunt and provoke you) but that We provide you with the truth (to counter their false arguments) and a better exposition (which enables and deepens understanding).

Daryabadi

And they come not unto thee with a similitude but We bring thee the truth and an excellent interpretation.

Faridul Haque

And they will never bring you an example, but We shall bring you a true narration and better than it.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they cannot bring thee a question, but We have brought thee the truth and the best explanation.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they do not come to thee with an objection but WE provide thee with the truth and an excellent explanation.

Muhammad Asad

and [that] they [who deny the truth] might never taunt thee with any deceptive half-truth without Our conveying to thee the [full] truth and [providing thee] with the best explanation.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And no example or similitude do they bring (to oppose or to find fault in you or in this Qur'an), but We reveal to you the truth (against that similitude or example), and the better explanation thereof.

Muhammad Pickthall

And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.

Muhammad Sarwar

We will support you with the Truth and the best interpretation whenever the infidels argue against you.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to you (one) with truth and best in significance.

Rashad Khalifa

Whatever argument they come up with, we provide you with the truth, and a better understanding.

Shabbir Ahmed

And no question or objection do they bring to you but We reveal to you the absolute truth and its best explanation.

Commentary 25:33 This is an allusion to the self-explanatory character of the Holy Qur’ân. The disbelievers cannot raise an objection against the Qur’ân which has not…

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

25:33 This is an allusion to the self-explanatory character of the Holy Qur’ân. The disbelievers cannot raise an objection against the Qur’ân which has not been answered in the Holy Qur’ân itself with eternal Truth (بِالْحَقِّ). Thus the Holy Book contains answers to all objections levelled against it. The word Mathal مَثَلٍ also means argument (Tâj). Accordingly, each claim is accompanied by supporting and substantiating arguments with no need to look to some other agency for aid.