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Saba 8

Ayah 8 of 54 · Meccan

أَفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ ٱلۡبَعِيدِ ٨

Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفۡتَرَىٰHas he inventedaftarā
  2. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  3. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  4. كَذِبًاa liekadhiban
  5. أَمoram
  6. بِهِۦin himbihi
  7. جِنَّةُۢۗ(is) madnessjinnatun
  8. بَلِNaybali
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. لَا(do) notlā
  11. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
  12. بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhirati
  13. فِي(will be) infī
  14. ٱلۡعَذَابِthe punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  15. وَٱلضَّلَٰلِand errorwal-ḍalāli
  16. ٱلۡبَعِيدِfarl-baʿīdi

Tafsir

And they said, “Has this man fabricated and attributed a lie to Allah, claiming that we shall be resurrected after we die, or is he insane, talking of nonsense?” It is not as these people say, rather, the reality is that those who do not believe in the Hereafter will suffer a severe punishment on the Day of Judgement, and are very far astray in the world.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran