Qur'an Verse of the Day
Tuesday 25th August 2026 Today
Chapter 2, Verse 42
وَاٰمِنُوۡا بِمَاۤ اَنۡزَلۡتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَکُمۡ وَلَا تَکُوۡنُوۡۤا اَوَّلَ کَافِرٍۭ بِہٖ ۪ وَلَا تَشۡتَرُوۡا بِاٰیٰتِیۡ ثَمَنًا قَلِیۡلًا ۫ وَّاِیَّایَ فَاتَّقُوۡنِ ﴿۴۲﴾
English Translation
And believe in what I have sent down which fulfils that which is with you, and be not the first to disbelieve therein, and barter not My Signs for a paltry price, and take protection in Me alone.
And believe in what I have sent which [a]fulfils[77] that which is with you, and be not the [b]first to disbelieve therein, and barter not My Signs for [c]a paltry price, and take protection in Me alone.
2:90, 98, 102; 3:4, 82; 4:48; 5:49.
Musaddiq is derived from Saddaqa which means, he held or declared him or it to be true (Lane). When the word is used in the sense of “holding a thing to be true,” it is either followed by no preposition or by the preposition ba’. But when it is used in the sense of “fulfilling” as in the present verse, it is followed by the preposition lam (2:92 & 35:32). So here it means “fulfilling” and not “confirming” or “declaring to be true.” The Qur’an fulfils the prophecies that were contained in the previous Scriptures regarding the advent of a Law-giving Prophet and a universal Scripture. Wherever the Qur’an speaks of itself as being Musaddiq of the previous Scriptures, it does not confirm their teachings but claims to have come in fulfilment of their prophecies. Nevertheless, it accepts the Divine origin of all the revealed Books before it. But it does not look upon all their present teachings to be true in their totality; for parts of them have been tampered with and much that was meant for a specific period has now become obsolete.
7:102; 10:75.
2:80, 175; 3:200; 5:45; 9:9; 16:96.