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An-Nahl 116

Ayah 116 of 128 · Meccan

وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٞ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٞ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ ١١٦

And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقُولُواْsaytaqūlū
  3. لِمَاfor that whichlimā
  4. تَصِفُasserttaṣifu
  5. أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُyour tonguesalsinatukumu
  6. ٱلۡكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  7. هَٰذَاThishādhā
  8. حَلَٰلٞ(is) lawfulḥalālun
  9. وَهَٰذَاand thiswahādhā
  10. حَرَامٞ(is) forbiddenḥarāmun
  11. لِّتَفۡتَرُواْso that you inventlitaftarū
  12. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  13. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  14. ٱلۡكَذِبَۚthe liel-kadhiba
  15. إِنَّIndeedinna
  16. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  17. يَفۡتَرُونَinventyaftarūna
  18. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  19. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  20. ٱلۡكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  21. لَاthey will not succeedlā
  22. يُفۡلِحُونَthey will not succeedyuf'liḥūna

Tafsir

Do not say - O idolaters - about the lies that you say about Allah's laws: This thing is lawful and this thing is unlawful, in order to invent lies and attribute them to Allah with respect to making unlawful what He did not make unlawful, or making lawful what He did not make lawful. Those who invent lies about Allah will not succeed in attaining their objective and they will not be saved from what they fear.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran