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سُورَةُ الحَاقَّةِ · 69:49
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

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And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

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Introduction

This is āyah 49 of Sūrat Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), the 78th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
78 of 114
Surah
Al-Haaqqa (69)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us (44)We surely would have seized him by his right hand (45)And then We certainly would have cut off Al-Watin from him (46)And none of you could have prevented it from him (47)And verily, this is a Reminder for those who have Taqwa (48)And verily, We know that there are some among you that deny (49)And indeed it will be an anguish for the disbeliever (50)And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty (51)So, glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great (52) If the Prophet (ﷺ) forged anything against Allah, then Allah would punish Him Allah says, وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا (And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us,) meaning, 'if Muhammad forged something against Us, as they claim, and added or removed anything from the Message, or said anything from himself while attributing it to Us, then We would surely be s…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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