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Al-An'am 93

Ayah 93 of 165 · Meccan

وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوۡ قَالَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمۡ يُوحَ إِلَيۡهِ شَيۡءٞ وَمَن قَالَ سَأُنزِلُ مِثۡلَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُۗ وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ فِي غَمَرَٰتِ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ بَاسِطُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ أَخۡرِجُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمُۖ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ عَذَابَ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَكُنتُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٩٣

And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal [something] like what Allāh revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands,1 [saying], "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allāh other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Striking them, as they are unwilling to give up their souls for judgement.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَنۡAnd whowaman
  2. أَظۡلَمُ(is) more unjustaẓlamu
  3. مِمَّنِthan (one) whomimmani
  4. ٱفۡتَرَىٰinventsif'tarā
  5. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  6. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  7. كَذِبًاa liekadhiban
  8. أَوۡoraw
  9. قَالَsaidqāla
  10. أُوحِيَIt has been inspiredūḥiya
  11. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  12. وَلَمۡwhile notwalam
  13. يُوحَit was inspiredyūḥa
  14. إِلَيۡهِto himilayhi
  15. شَيۡءٞanythingshayon
  16. وَمَنand (one) whowaman
  17. قَالَsaidqāla
  18. سَأُنزِلُI will revealsa-unzilu
  19. مِثۡلَlikemith'la
  20. مَآwhatmā
  21. أَنزَلَ(has been) revealedanzala
  22. ٱللَّهُۗ(by) Allahl-lahu
  23. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  24. تَرَىٰٓyou (could) seetarā
  25. إِذِwhenidhi
  26. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  27. فِي(are) infī
  28. غَمَرَٰتِagoniesghamarāti
  29. ٱلۡمَوۡتِ(of) [the] deathl-mawti
  30. وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُwhile the Angelswal-malāikatu
  31. بَاسِطُوٓاْ(are) stretching outbāsiṭū
  32. أَيۡدِيهِمۡtheir hands (saying)aydīhim
  33. أَخۡرِجُوٓاْDischargeakhrijū
  34. أَنفُسَكُمُۖyour soulsanfusakumu
  35. ٱلۡيَوۡمَTodayl-yawma
  36. تُجۡزَوۡنَyou will be recompensedtuj'zawna
  37. عَذَابَ(with) punishmentʿadhāba
  38. ٱلۡهُونِhumiliatingl-hūni
  39. بِمَاbecausebimā
  40. كُنتُمۡyou used tokuntum
  41. تَقُولُونَsaytaqūlūna
  42. عَلَىagainstʿalā
  43. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  44. غَيۡرَother thanghayra
  45. ٱلۡحَقِّthe truthl-ḥaqi
  46. وَكُنتُمۡand you werewakuntum
  47. عَنۡtowardsʿan
  48. ءَايَٰتِهِۦHis Versesāyātihi
  49. تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَbeing arroganttastakbirūna

Tafsir

The greatest wrongdoer is the person who makes up lies about Allah by saying, ‘Allah has not revealed anything to any human being’; or by falsely saying, ‘Allah has sent revelation to me’, when Allah did not send any revelation to him; or by saying, ‘I will reveal the like of the Qur’ān that Allah has revealed’. O Messenger, you would see a terrible sight if you could see these wrongdoers at the time of death; and when the angels will stretch out their hands to punish and beat them, and reprimand them by saying: Remove your souls because we are here to take them. Today you will be repaid with a punishment that will disgrace and humiliate you because of the lies that you used to say about Allah by claiming prophethood, revelation or the ability to reveal what Allah has revealed, and because of your being too proud to accept His signs.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran