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Ba-Dal-Lam
changing/altering -> with or without substitution, replacing/exchanging.
badal
n.m.
18:50
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِأدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ~ِ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَه ُُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ~ُ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوّ ٌ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلا ً
Wa 'Idh Qulnā Lilmalā'ikati Asjudū Li'dama Fasajadū 'Illā 'Iblīsa Kāna Mina Al-Jinni Fafasaqa `An 'Amri Rabbihi 'Afatattakhidhūnahu Wa Dhurrīyatahu 'Awliyā'a Min Dūnī Wa Hum Lakum `Adūwun Bi'sa Lilžžālimīna Badalāan
And We said to the angels: "Yield to Adam." So they all yielded except for Satan. He was of the Jinn, he disobeyed the order of his Lord. Will you take him and his progeny as allies besides Me, while they are your enemy? Miserable for the transgressors is the substitute!
baddala
vb. (2) perf. act.
2:59
فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلاً غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رِجْزا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ
Fabaddala Al-Ladhīna žalamū Qawlāan Ghayra Al-Ladhī Qīla Lahum Fa'anzalnā `Alá Al-Ladhīna žalamū Rijzāan Mina As-Samā'i Bimā Kānū Yafsuqūna
But the wicked altered what was said to them to a different saying, thus We sent down upon the wicked an affliction from the heavens for what wickedness they were in.
2:181
فَمَنْ بَدَّلَه ُُ بَعْدَمَا سَمِعَه ُُ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُه ُُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُ~ُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيم ٌ
Faman Baddalahu Ba`damā Sami`ahu Fa'innamā 'Ithmuhu `Alá Al-Ladhīna Yubaddilūnahu 'Inna Allāha Samī`un `Alīmun
Whoever alters it after having heard it, then the sin will be upon those who alter it. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
4:56
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارا ً كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُوداً غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزاً حَكِيما ً
'Inna Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Sawfa Nuşlīhim Nārāan Kullamā NaĐijat Julūduhum Baddalnāhum Julūdāan Ghayrahā Liyadhūqū Al-`Adhāba 'Inna Allāha Kāna `Azīzāan Ĥakīmāan
Those who have rejected Our revelations, We will admit them to a Fire. Every time their skins are cooked, We replace them with other skins that they may taste the retribution. God is Noble, Wise.
7:95
ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَوا وَقَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ آبَاءَنَا الضَّرَّاءُ وَالسَّرَّاءُ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَة ً وَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ
Thumma Baddalnā Makāna As-Sayyi'ati Al-Ĥasanata Ĥattá `Afaw Wa Qālū Qad Massa 'Ābā'anā AĐ-Đarrā'u Wa As-Sarrā'u Fa'akhadhnāhum Baghtatan Wa Hum Lā Yash`urūna
Then We replace the bad with good, until they have plenty, then they say: "Our fathers were the ones afflicted by hardship, and adversity." We then take them suddenly, while they are unaware.
7:162
فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ قَوْلاً غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ
Fabaddala Al-Ladhīna žalamū Minhum Qawlāan Ghayra Al-Ladhī Qīla Lahum Fa'arsalnā `Alayhim Rijzāan Mina As-Samā'i Bimā Kānū Yažlimūna
Those who were transgressors among them altered what was said to them with something different; so We sent to them an affliction from the heaven for what transgression they were in.
14:28
أَلَمْ تَرَى إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ كُفْرا ً وَأَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ
'Alam Tará 'Ilá Al-Ladhīna Baddalū Ni`mata Allāhi Kufrāan Wa 'Aĥallū Qawmahum Dāra Al-Bawāri
Did you not see those who replaced the blessings of God with rejection, and they caused their people to dwell in the abode of destruction?
16:101
وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَة ً مَكَانَ آيَة ٍ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُفْتَر ٍ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Wa 'Idhā Baddalnā 'Āyatan Makāna 'Āyatin Wa Allāhu 'A`lamu Bimā Yunazzilu Qālū 'Innamā 'Anta Muftarin Bal 'Aktharuhum Lā Ya`lamūna
And if We exchange a revelation in place of another revelation; and God is more aware of what He is revealing; they say: "You are making this up!" Alas, most of them do not know.
27:11
إِلاَّ مَنْ ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنا ً بَعْدَ سُوء ٍ فَإِنِّي غَفُور ٌ رَحِيم ٌ
'Illā Man žalama Thumma Baddala Ĥusnāan Ba`da Sū'in Fa'innī Ghafūrun Raĥīmun
"Except he who has done wrong. But then if he replaces the evil deed with good, then I am Forgiving, Merciful."
33:23
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَال ٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَه ُُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلا ً
Mina Al-Mu'uminīna Rijālun Şadaqū Mā `Āhadū Allāha `Alayhi Faminhum Man QaĐá Naĥbahu Wa Minhum Man Yantažiru Wa Mā Baddalū Tabdīlāan
From among the believers are men who fulfilled their pledge to God. Thus, some of them have passed away, while some are still waiting; but they never altered in the least.
34:16
فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَى أُكُلٍ خَمْط ٍ وَأَثْل ٍ وَشَيْء ٍ مِنْ سِدْر ٍ قَلِيل ٍ
Fa'a`raĐū Fa'arsalnā `Alayhim Sayla Al-`Arimi Wa Baddalnāhum Bijannatayhim Jannatayni Dhawātá 'Ukulin Khamţin Wa 'Athlin Wa Shay'in Min Sidrin Qalīlin
But they turned away, so We sent them a destructive flash flood, and We substituted their two gardens with two gardens of rotten fruits, thorny plants, and a skimpy harvest.
76:28
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلا ً
Naĥnu Khalaqnāhum Wa Shadadnā 'Asrahum Wa 'Idhā Shi'nā Baddalnā 'Amthālahum Tabdīlāan
We have created them, and established them, and if We wished, We could replace their kind completely.
impf. act.
2:181
فَمَنْ بَدَّلَه ُُ بَعْدَمَا سَمِعَه ُُ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُه ُُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُ~ُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيم ٌ
Faman Baddalahu Ba`damā Sami`ahu Fa'innamā 'Ithmuhu `Alá Al-Ladhīna Yubaddilūnahu 'Inna Allāha Samī`un `Alīmun
Whoever alters it after having heard it, then the sin will be upon those who alter it. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
2:211
سَلْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنْ آيَة ٍ بَيِّنَة ٍ وَمَنْ يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
Sal Banī 'Isrā'īla Kam 'Ātaynāhum Min 'Āyatin Bayyinatin Wa Man Yubaddil Ni`mata Allāhi Min Ba`di Mā Jā'at/hu Fa'inna Allāha Shadīdu Al-`Iqābi
Ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs did We give them? And whoever changes the grace of God after it has come to him, then God is Mighty in retribution.
10:15
وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَات ٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِّلَه ُُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلاَّ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيم ٍ
Wa 'Idhā Tutlá `Alayhim 'Āyātunā Bayyinātin Qāla Al-Ladhīna Lā Yarjūna Liqā'anā A'ti Biqur'ānin Ghayri Hādhā 'Aw Baddilhu Qul Mā Yakūnu Lī 'An 'Ubaddilahu Min Tilqā'i Nafsī 'In 'Attabi`u 'Illā Mā Yūĥá 'Ilayya 'Innī 'Akhāfu 'In `Aşaytu Rabbī `Adhāba Yawmin `Ažīmin
And when Our clear revelations were recited to them, those who do not wish to meet Us said: "Bring a Qur'an other than this, or change it!" Say: "It is not for me to change it of my own accord, I merely follow what is inspired to me. I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the retribution of a great Day!"
24:55
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُم فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنا ً يَعْبُدُونَنِي لاَ يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئا ً وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَائِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
Wa`ada Allāhu Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Minkum Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Layastakhlifannahum Fī Al-'ArĐi Kamā Astakhlafa Al-Ladhīna Min Qablihim Wa Layumakkinanna Lahum Dīnahumu Al-Ladhī ArtaĐá Lahum Wa Layubaddilannahum Min Ba`di Khawfihim 'Amnāan Ya`budūnanī Lā Yushrikūna Bī Shay'āan Wa Man Kafara Ba`da Dhālika Fa'ūlā'ika Humu Al-Fāsiqūna
God promises those among you who believe and do good works, that He will make them successors on the earth, as He made successors of those before them, and He will enable for them their system which He has approved for them, and He will substitute security for them in place of fear: "That they serve Me, not setting up anything with Me." And as for those who reject after that, these are the wicked.
25:70
إِلاَّ مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلا ً صَالِحا ً فَأُوْلَائِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَات ٍ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورا ً رَحِيما ً
'Illā Man Tāba Wa 'Āmana Wa `Amila `Amalāan Şāliĥāan Fa'ūlā'ika Yubaddilu Allāhu Sayyi'ātihim Ĥasanātin Wa Kāna Allāhu Ghafūrāan Raĥīmāan
Except for the one who repents and believes and does good works, for those God will replace their sins with good, and God is Forgiving, Merciful.
40:26
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِي أَقْتُلْ مُوسَى وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُ~ُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْفَسَادَ
Wa Qāla Fir`awnu Dharūnī 'Aqtul Mūsá Wa Līad`u Rabbahu 'Innī 'Akhāfu 'An Yubaddila Dīnakum 'Aw 'An Yužhira Fī Al-'ArĐi Al-Fasāda
And Pharaoh said: Leave me to kill Moses, and let him call upon his Lord. I fear that he may change your system, or that he will cause evil to spread throughout the land.
48:15
سَيَقُولُ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا انطَلَقْتُمْ إِلَى مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُبَدِّلُوا كَلاَمَ اللَّهِ قُلْ لَنْ تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذَلِكُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَا بَلْ كَانُوا لاَ يَفْقَهُونَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلا ً
Sayaqūlu Al-Mukhallafūna 'Idhā Anţalaqtum 'Ilá Maghānima Lita'khudhūhā Dharūnā Nattabi`kum Yurīdūna 'An Yubaddilū Kalāma Allāhi Qul Lan Tattabi`ūnā Kadhālikum Qāla Allāhu Min Qablu Fasayaqūlūna Bal Taĥsudūnanā Bal Kānū Lā Yafqahūna 'Illā Qalīlāan
Those who lagged behind will say, when you venture out to collect the spoils: "Let us follow you!" They want to change the words of God. Say: "You will not follow us; this is what God has decreed beforehand." They will then say: "No, you are envious of us." Alas, they rarely understood anything.
56:61
عَلَى أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ أَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنْشِئَكُمْ فِي مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
`Alá 'An Nubaddila 'Amthālakum Wa Nunshi'akum Fī Mā Lā Ta`lamūna
From transforming your forms, and establishing you in what you do not know.
70:41
عَلَى أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرا ً مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
`Alá 'An Nubaddila Khayrāan Minhum Wa Mā Naĥnu Bimasbūqīna
To replace them with better people, We can never be defeated.
impv.
10:15
وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَات ٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِّلَه ُُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلاَّ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيم ٍ
Wa 'Idhā Tutlá `Alayhim 'Āyātunā Bayyinātin Qāla Al-Ladhīna Lā Yarjūna Liqā'anā A'ti Biqur'ānin Ghayri Hādhā 'Aw Baddilhu Qul Mā Yakūnu Lī 'An 'Ubaddilahu Min Tilqā'i Nafsī 'In 'Attabi`u 'Illā Mā Yūĥá 'Ilayya 'Innī 'Akhāfu 'In `Aşaytu Rabbī `Adhāba Yawmin `Ažīmin
And when Our clear revelations were recited to them, those who do not wish to meet Us said: "Bring a Qur'an other than this, or change it!" Say: "It is not for me to change it of my own accord, I merely follow what is inspired to me. I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the retribution of a great Day!"
impf. pass.
14:48
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ
Yawma Tubaddalu Al-'ArĐu Ghayra Al-'ArĐi Wa As-Samāwātu Wa Barazū Lillāhi Al-Wāĥidi Al-Qahhāri
The Day the earth is replaced with another earth, as are the heavens, and they will appear before God, the One, the Supreme.
50:29
مَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَا أَنَا بِظَلاَّم ٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ
Mā Yubaddalu Al-Qawlu Ladayya Wa Mā 'Anā Bižallāmin Lil`abīdi
The sentence will not be changed with Me, and I do not wrong the servants.
n.vb.
10:64
لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَى فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Lahumu Al-Bushrá Fī Al-Ĥayāati Ad-Dunyā Wa Fī Al-'Ākhirati Lā Tabdīla Likalimāti Allāhi Dhālika Huwa Al-Fawzu Al-`Ažīmu
For them are glad tidings in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. There is no changing the words of God. Such is the great triumph.
30:30
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفا ً فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Fa'aqim Wajhaka Lilddīni Ĥanīfāan Fiţrata Allāhi Allatī Faţara An-Nāsa `Alayhā Lā Tabdīla Likhalqi Allāhi Dhālika Ad-Dīnu Al-Qayyimu Wa Lakinna 'Akthara An-Nāsi Lā Ya`lamūna
So establish yourself to the system of monotheism. It is the inclination that God has nurtured the people on. There is no changing in the creation of God. Such is the pure system, but most of the people do not know.
33:23
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَال ٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَه ُُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلا ً
Mina Al-Mu'uminīna Rijālun Şadaqū Mā `Āhadū Allāha `Alayhi Faminhum Man QaĐá Naĥbahu Wa Minhum Man Yantažiru Wa Mā Baddalū Tabdīlāan
From among the believers are men who fulfilled their pledge to God. Thus, some of them have passed away, while some are still waiting; but they never altered in the least.
33:62
سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلا ً
Sunnata Allāhi Fī Al-Ladhīna Khalaw Min Qablu Wa Lan Tajida Lisunnati Allāhi Tabdīlāan
This is the way of God with those who have passed away before, and you will not find any change in the way of God.
35:43
اسْتِكْبَارا ً فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِ وَلاَ يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلاَّ بِأَهْلِه ِِ فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلاَّ سُنَّةَ الأَوَّلِينَ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلا ً وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَحْوِيلا ً
Astikbārāan Fī Al-'ArĐi Wa Makra As-Sayyi'i Wa Lā Yaĥīqu Al-Makru As-Sayyi'u 'Illā Bi'ahlihi Fahal Yanžurūna 'Illā Sunnata Al-'Awwalīna Falan Tajida Lisunnati Allāhi Tabdīlāan Wa Lan Tajida Lisunnati Allāhi Taĥwīlāan
Arrogance on the earth, and evil scheming. And the evil schemes only backfire on those who scheme them. Were they expecting anything different from the ways used on the people of the past? You will not find any change in the way of God, and you will not find any bypass to the way of God.
48:23
سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلا ً
Sunnata Allāhi Allatī Qad Khalat Min Qablu Wa Lan Tajida Lisunnati Allāhi Tabdīlāan
Such is the way of God with those who have passed away before, and you will not find any change in the way of God.
76:28
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلا ً
Naĥnu Khalaqnāhum Wa Shadadnā 'Asrahum Wa 'Idhā Shi'nā Baddalnā 'Amthālahum Tabdīlāan
We have created them, and established them, and if We wished, We could replace their kind completely.
pcple. act.
6:34
وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُل ٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُوا عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُوا وَأُوذُوا حَتَّى أَتَاهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكَ مِنْ نَبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Wa Laqad Kudhdhibat Rusulun Min Qablika Faşabarū `Alá Mā Kudhdhibū Wa 'Ūdhū Ĥattá 'Atāhum Naşrunā Wa Lā Mubaddila Likalimāti Allāhi Wa Laqad Jā'aka Min Naba'i Al-Mursalīna
Messengers before you were denied, but they were patient for what they were denied, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them; there is no changing the words of God. News of the messengers has come to you.
6:115
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقا ً وَعَدْلا ً لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِه ِِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Wa Tammat Kalimatu Rabbika Şidqāan Wa `Adlāan Lā Mubaddila Likalimātihi Wa Huwa As-Samī`u Al-`Alīmu
And the word of your Lord has been completed with truth and justice; there is no changing His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
18:27
وَاتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِه ِِ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِه ِِ مُلْتَحَدا ً
Wa Atlu Mā 'Ūĥiya 'Ilayka Min Kitābi Rabbika Lā Mubaddila Likalimātihi Wa Lan Tajida Min Dūnihi Multaĥadāan
And recite what has been inspired to you from the Book of your Lord, there is no changing His words, and you will not find besides Him any refuge.
abdala
vb. (4) impf. act.
18:81
فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرا ً مِنْهُ زَكَاة ً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْما ً
Fa'aradnā 'An Yubdilahumā Rabbuhumā Khayrāan Minhu Zakāatan Wa 'Aqraba Ruĥmāan
"So we wanted their Lord to replace for them with one who is better than him in purity and closer to mercy."
66:5
عَسَى رَبُّهُ~ُ إِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُ~ُ أَزْوَاجاً خَيْرا ً مِنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمَات ٍ مُؤْمِنَات ٍ قَانِتَات ٍ تَائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَات ٍ سَائِحَات ٍ ثَيِّبَات ٍ وَأَبْكَارا ً
`Asá Rabbuhu 'In Ţallaqakunna 'An Yubdilahu 'Azwājāan Khayrāan Minkunna Muslimātin Mu'uminātin Qānitātin Tā'ibātin `Ābidātin Sā'iĥātin Thayyibātin Wa 'Abkārāan
It may be that he would divorce you, then his Lord will substitute other wives in your place who are better than you; submitting, believing, dutiful, repentant, worshipping, devout, mature and youthful.
68:32
عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرا ً مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
`Asá Rabbunā 'An Yubdilanā Khayrāan Minhā 'Innā 'Ilá Rabbinā Rāghibūna
Perhaps our Lord will grant us better than it. We repent to our Lord.
tabaddala
vb. (5) perf. act.
33:52
لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِسَاء مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلاَ أَنْ تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاج ٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء ٍ رَقِيبا ً
Lā Yaĥillu Laka An-Nisā' Min Ba`du Wa Lā 'An Tabaddala Bihinna Min 'Azwājin Wa Law 'A`jabaka Ĥusnuhunna 'Illā Mā Malakat Yamīnuka Wa Kāna Allāhu `Alá Kulli Shay'in Raqībāan
No women are lawful to you beyond this, nor that you change them for other wives, even though you may be attracted by their beauty, except what is maintained by your oath. And God is Watcher over all things.
impf. act.
2:108
أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ
'Am Turīdūna 'An Tas'alū Rasūlakum Kamā Su'ila Mūsá Min Qablu Wa Man Yatabaddali Al-Kufra Bil-'Īmāni Faqad Đalla Sawā'a As-Sabīli
Or do you want to ask your messenger as Moses was asked before? Whoever replaces belief with rejection, he has indeed strayed from the right path.
4:2
وَآتُوا الْيَتَامَى أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلاَ تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ وَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَى أَمْوَالِكُمْ إِنَّه ُُ كَانَ حُوبا ً كَبِيرا ً
Wa 'Ātū Al-Yatāmá 'Amwālahum Wa Lā Tatabaddalū Al-Khabītha Biţ-Ţayyibi Wa Lā Ta'kulū 'Amwālahum 'Ilá 'Amwālikum 'Innahu Kāna Ĥūbāan Kabīrāan
And give the orphans their money, and do not replace the good with the bad, and do not consume their money with your money; for truly this is a great sin!
istabdala
vb. (10) impf. act.
2:61
وَإِذِ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَى لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلَى طَعَام ٍ وَاحِد ٍ فَادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَى بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْر ٌ اهْبِطُوا مِصْرا ً فَإِنَّ لَكُمْ مَا سَأَلْتُمْ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَالْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَاءُوا بِغَضَب ٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ
Wa 'Idhi Qultum Yā Mūsá Lan Naşbira `Alá Ţa`āmin Wāĥidin Fād`u Lanā Rabbaka Yukhrij Lanā Mimmā Tunbitu Al-'ArĐu Min Baqlihā Wa Qiththā'ihā Wa Fūmihā Wa `Adasihā Wa Başalihā Qāla 'Atastabdilūna Al-Ladhī Huwa 'Adná Bial-Ladhī Huwa Khayrun Ahbiţū Mişrāan Fa'inna Lakum Mā Sa'altum Wa Đuribat `Alayhimu Adh-Dhillatu Wa Al-Maskanatu Wa Bā'ū BighaĐabin Mina Allāhi Dhālika Bi'annahum Kānū Yakfurūna Bi'āyāti Allāhi Wa Yaqtulūna An-Nabīyīna Bighayri Al-Ĥaqqi Dhālika Bimā `Aşaw Wa Kānū Ya`tadūna
And you said: "O Moses, we will not be patient to one type of food, so call for us your Lord that He may bring forth what the earth grows of its beans, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Would you trade that which is lowly with that which is good?" Descend Egypt, you will have in it what you have asked for. And they were stricken with humiliation and disgrace, and they remained under the wrath of God for they were disbelieving in the revelations of God, and killing the prophets without right; this is for what they have disobeyed and transgressed.
9:39
إِلاَّ تَنفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيما ً وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ وَلاَ تَضُرُّوه ُُ شَيْئا ً وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء ٍ قَدِير ٌ
'Illā Tanfirū Yu`adhdhibkum `Adhābāan 'Alīmāan Wa Yastabdil Qawmāan Ghayrakum Wa Lā TaĐurrūhu Shay'āan Wa Allāhu `Alá Kulli Shay'in Qadīrun
If you do not mobilize, then He will punish you with a painful retribution, and He will replace you with another people, and you do not bother Him in the least. God is capable of all things.
47:38
هَاأَنْتُمْ هَاؤُلاَء تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَبْخَلُ وَمَنْ يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَنْ نَفْسِه ِِ وَاللَّهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَأَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُمْ
Hā'antum Hā'uulā' Tud`awna Litunfiqū Fī Sabīli Allāhi Faminkum Man Yabkhalu Wa Man Yabkhal Fa'innamā Yabkhalu `An Nafsihi Wa Allāhu Al-Ghanīyu Wa 'Antumu Al-Fuqarā'u Wa 'In Tatawallaw Yastabdil Qawmāan Ghayrakum Thumma Lā Yakūnū 'Amthālakum
Here you are being invited to spend in the cause of God, but some among you turn stingy. And whoever is stingy is only being stingy on himself. And God is the Rich, while you are the poor. And if you turn away, He will substitute another people instead of you, then they will not be like you.
n.vb.
4:20
وَإِنْ أَرَدْتُمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْج ٍ مَكَانَ زَوْج ٍ وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنطَارا ً فَلاَ تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئاً أَتَأْخُذُونَه ُُ بُهْتَانا ً وَإِثْما ً مُبِينا ً
Wa 'In 'Aradtumu Astibdāla Zawjin Makāna Zawjin Wa 'Ātaytum 'Iĥdāhunna Qinţārāan Falā Ta'khudhū Minhu Shay'āan 'Ata'khudhūnahu Buhtānāan Wa 'Ithmāan Mubīnāan
And if you wish to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a large amount, then do not take anything from it. Will you take it by falsehood while it is clearly a sin?
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