أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۚ
بَلۡ
هُوَ
ٱلۡحَقُّ
مِن
رَّبِّكَ
لِتُنذِرَ
قَوۡمٗا
مَّآ
أَتَىٰهُم
مِّن
نَّذِيرٖ
مِّن
قَبۡلِكَ
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
يَهۡتَدُونَ
٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they say, “He has fabricated it!”? No! It is the truth from your Lord in order for you to warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, so they may be ˹rightly˺ guided.
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓاْ
إِنۡ
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّآ
إِفۡكٌ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ
وَأَعَانَهُۥ
عَلَيۡهِ
قَوۡمٌ
ءَاخَرُونَۖ
فَقَدۡ
جَآءُو
ظُلۡمٗا
وَزُورٗا
٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The disbelievers say, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but a fabrication which he
1 made up with the help of others.” Their claim is totally unjustified and untrue!
بَلۡ
قَالُوٓاْ
أَضۡغَٰثُ
أَحۡلَٰمِۭ
بَلِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ
بَلۡ
هُوَ
شَاعِرٞ
فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا
بِـَٔايَةٖ
كَمَآ
أُرۡسِلَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Yet they say, “This ˹Quran˺ is a set of confused dreams! No, he has fabricated it! No, he must be a poet! So let him bring us a ˹tangible˺ sign like those ˹prophets˺ sent before.”
وَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
وَهُوَ
يُدۡعَىٰٓ
إِلَى
ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than the one who fabricates lies about Allah when invited to submit ˹to Him˺?
1 For Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
قُلۡ
إِنِ
ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ
فَلَا
تَمۡلِكُونَ
لِي
مِنَ
ٱللَّهِ
شَيۡـًٔاۖ
هُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَا
تُفِيضُونَ
فِيهِۚ
كَفَىٰ
بِهِۦ
شَهِيدَۢا
بَيۡنِي
وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلۡغَفُورُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they say, “He
1 has fabricated this ˹Quran˺!”? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If I have done so, then there is nothing whatsoever you can do to save me from Allah. He knows best what ˹slurs˺ you indulge about it. Sufficient is He as a Witness between you and me. And He is the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
أَفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
أَم
بِهِۦ
جِنَّةُۢۗ
بَلِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
فِي
ٱلۡعَذَابِ
وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ
ٱلۡبَعِيدِ
٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Has he fabricated a lie against Allah or is he insane?” In fact, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are bound for torment and have strayed farthest ˹from the truth˺.
60:12 - Al-Mumtahanah
Verse 12
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلنَّبِيُّ
إِذَا
جَآءَكَ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ
يُبَايِعۡنَكَ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَن
لَّا
يُشۡرِكۡنَ
بِٱللَّهِ
شَيۡـٔٗا
وَلَا
يَسۡرِقۡنَ
وَلَا
يَزۡنِينَ
وَلَا
يَقۡتُلۡنَ
أَوۡلَٰدَهُنَّ
وَلَا
يَأۡتِينَ
بِبُهۡتَٰنٖ
يَفۡتَرِينَهُۥ
بَيۡنَ
أَيۡدِيهِنَّ
وَأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ
وَلَا
يَعۡصِينَكَ
فِي
مَعۡرُوفٖ
فَبَايِعۡهُنَّ
وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
لَهُنَّ
ٱللَّهَۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
١٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O Prophet! When the believing women come to you, pledging to you that they will neither associate anything with Allah ˹in worship˺, nor steal, nor fornicate, nor kill their children, nor falsely attribute ˹illegitimate˺ children to their husbands,
1 nor disobey you in what is right, then accept their pledge, and ask Allah to forgive them. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
29:13 - Al-'Ankabut
Verse 13
وَلَيَحۡمِلُنَّ
أَثۡقَالَهُمۡ
وَأَثۡقَالٗا
مَّعَ
أَثۡقَالِهِمۡۖ
وَلَيُسۡـَٔلُنَّ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
عَمَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Yet they will certainly ˹be made to˺ carry their own burdens, as well as other burdens along with their own.
1 And they will surely be questioned on Judgment Day about what they used to fabricate.
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
قُلۡ
فَأۡتُواْ
بِعَشۡرِ
سُوَرٖ
مِّثۡلِهِۦ
مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ
وَٱدۡعُواْ
مَنِ
ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم
مِّن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰدِقِينَ
١٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they say, “He
1 has fabricated this ˹Quran˺!”? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Produce ten fabricated sûrahs like it and seek help from whoever you can—other than Allah—if what you say is true!”
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
قَوۡمُنَا
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِهِۦٓ
ءَالِهَةٗۖ
لَّوۡلَا
يَأۡتُونَ
عَلَيۡهِم
بِسُلۡطَٰنِۭ
بَيِّنٖۖ
فَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗا
١٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Then they said to one another,˺ “These people of ours have taken gods besides Him. Why do they not produce a clear proof of them? Who then does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah?
فَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
أَوۡ
كَذَّبَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُ
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
١٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah or deny His revelations? Indeed, the wicked will never succeed.
وَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًاۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
يُعۡرَضُونَ
عَلَىٰ
رَبِّهِمۡ
وَيَقُولُ
ٱلۡأَشۡهَٰدُ
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَبُواْ
عَلَىٰ
رَبِّهِمۡۚ
أَلَا
لَعۡنَةُ
ٱللَّهِ
عَلَى
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
١٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah? They will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses
1 will say, “These are the ones who lied against their Lord.” Surely Allah’s condemnation is upon the wrongdoers,
وَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
أَوۡ
كَذَّبَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُ
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
٢١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah or deny His signs? Indeed, the wrongdoers will never succeed.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
خَسِرُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It is they who have ruined themselves, and whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them.
42:24 - Ash-Shuraa
Verse 24
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗاۖ
فَإِن
يَشَإِ
ٱللَّهُ
يَخۡتِمۡ
عَلَىٰ
قَلۡبِكَۗ
وَيَمۡحُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ
وَيُحِقُّ
ٱلۡحَقَّ
بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
عَلِيمُۢ
بِذَاتِ
ٱلصُّدُورِ
٢٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they say, “He has fabricated a lie about Allah!”? ˹If you had,˺ Allah would have sealed your heart, if He willed. And Allah wipes out falsehood and establishes the truth by His Words. He certainly knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.
3:24 - Ali 'Imran
Verse 24
ذَٰلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
قَالُواْ
لَن
تَمَسَّنَا
ٱلنَّارُ
إِلَّآ
أَيَّامٗا
مَّعۡدُودَٰتٖۖ
وَغَرَّهُمۡ
فِي
دِينِهِم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
This is because they say, “The Fire will not touch us except for a few days.” They have been deceived in their faith by their wishful lying.
ٱنظُرۡ
كَيۡفَ
كَذَبُواْ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَنفُسِهِمۡۚ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
See how they will lie about themselves and how those ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them!
فَأَتَتۡ
بِهِۦ
قَوۡمَهَا
تَحۡمِلُهُۥۖ
قَالُواْ
يَٰمَرۡيَمُ
لَقَدۡ
جِئۡتِ
شَيۡـٔٗا
فَرِيّٗا
٢٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then she returned to her people, carrying him. They said ˹in shock˺, “O Mary! You have certainly done a horrible thing!
46:28 - Al-Ahqaf
Verse 28
فَلَوۡلَا
نَصَرَهُمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
قُرۡبَانًا
ءَالِهَةَۢۖ
بَلۡ
ضَلُّواْ
عَنۡهُمۡۚ
وَذَٰلِكَ
إِفۡكُهُمۡ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Why then were they not helped by those ˹idols˺ they took as gods besides Allah, hoping to get closer ˹to Him˺? Instead, they failed them. That is ˹the result of˺ their lies and their fabrications.
هُنَالِكَ
تَبۡلُواْ
كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖ
مَّآ
أَسۡلَفَتۡۚ
وَرُدُّوٓاْ
إِلَى
ٱللَّهِ
مَوۡلَىٰهُمُ
ٱلۡحَقِّۖ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٣٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then and there every soul will face ˹the consequences of˺ what it had done. They all will be returned to Allah—their True Master. And whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them.
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
قُلۡ
إِنِ
ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ
فَعَلَيَّ
إِجۡرَامِي
وَأَنَا۠
بَرِيٓءٞ
مِّمَّا
تُجۡرِمُونَ
٣٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they say, “He
1 has fabricated this ˹Quran˺!”? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If I have done so, then I bear the burden of that sin! But I am free from your sinful accusation.”
28:36 - Al-Qasas
Verse 36
فَلَمَّا
جَآءَهُم
مُّوسَىٰ
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا
بَيِّنَٰتٖ
قَالُواْ
مَا
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّا
سِحۡرٞ
مُّفۡتَرٗى
وَمَا
سَمِعۡنَا
بِهَٰذَا
فِيٓ
ءَابَآئِنَا
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
٣٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But when Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said ˹arrogantly˺, “This is nothing but conjured magic ˹tricks˺. We have never heard of this in ˹the history of˺ our forefathers.”
فَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
أَوۡ
كَذَّبَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
يَنَالُهُمۡ
نَصِيبُهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِۖ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
جَآءَتۡهُمۡ
رُسُلُنَا
يَتَوَفَّوۡنَهُمۡ
قَالُوٓاْ
أَيۡنَ
مَا
كُنتُمۡ
تَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِۖ
قَالُواْ
ضَلُّواْ
عَنَّا
وَشَهِدُواْ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
أَنَّهُمۡ
كَانُواْ
كَٰفِرِينَ
٣٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah or deny His revelations? They will receive what is destined for them,
1 until Our messenger-angels arrive to take their souls, asking them, “Where are those ˹false gods˺ you used to invoke besides Allah?” They will cry, “They have failed us,” and they will confess against themselves that they were indeed disbelievers.
وَمَا
كَانَ
هَٰذَا
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ
أَن
يُفۡتَرَىٰ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَٰكِن
تَصۡدِيقَ
ٱلَّذِي
بَيۡنَ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَتَفۡصِيلَ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
لَا
رَيۡبَ
فِيهِ
مِن
رَّبِّ
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
٣٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It is not ˹possible˺ for this Quran to have been produced by anyone other than Allah. In fact, it is a confirmation of what came before, and an explanation of the Scripture. It is, without a doubt, from the Lord of all worlds.
23:38 - Al-Mu'minun
Verse 38
إِنۡ
هُوَ
إِلَّا
رَجُلٌ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗا
وَمَا
نَحۡنُ
لَهُۥ
بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ
٣٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He is no more than a man who has fabricated a lie about Allah, and we will never believe in him.”
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
قُلۡ
فَأۡتُواْ
بِسُورَةٖ
مِّثۡلِهِۦ
وَٱدۡعُواْ
مَنِ
ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم
مِّن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰدِقِينَ
٣٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Or do they claim, “He
1 made it up!”? Tell them ˹O Prophet˺, “Produce one sûrah like it then, and seek help from whoever you can—other than Allah—if what you say is true!”
وَإِذَا
تُتۡلَىٰ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ءَايَٰتُنَا
بَيِّنَٰتٖ
قَالُواْ
مَا
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّا
رَجُلٞ
يُرِيدُ
أَن
يَصُدَّكُمۡ
عَمَّا
كَانَ
يَعۡبُدُ
ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ
وَقَالُواْ
مَا
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّآ
إِفۡكٞ
مُّفۡتَرٗىۚ
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لِلۡحَقِّ
لَمَّا
جَآءَهُمۡ
إِنۡ
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّا
سِحۡرٞ
مُّبِينٞ
٤٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When Our clear revelations are recited to them, they say, “This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from what your forefathers used to worship.” They also say, “This ˹Quran˺ is no more than a fabricated lie.” And the disbelievers say of the truth when it has come to them, “This is nothing but pure magic.”
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يَغۡفِرُ
أَن
يُشۡرَكَ
بِهِۦ
وَيَغۡفِرُ
مَا
دُونَ
ذَٰلِكَ
لِمَن
يَشَآءُۚ
وَمَن
يُشۡرِكۡ
بِٱللَّهِ
فَقَدِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰٓ
إِثۡمًا
عَظِيمًا
٤٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating others with Him ˹in worship˺,
1 but forgives anything else of whoever He wills. And whoever associates others with Allah has indeed committed a grave sin.
ٱنظُرۡ
كَيۡفَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَۖ
وَكَفَىٰ
بِهِۦٓ
إِثۡمٗا
مُّبِينًا
٥٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
See how they fabricate lies against Allah—this alone is a blatant sin.
وَإِلَىٰ
عَادٍ
أَخَاهُمۡ
هُودٗاۚ
قَالَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
مَا
لَكُم
مِّنۡ
إِلَٰهٍ
غَيۡرُهُۥٓۖ
إِنۡ
أَنتُمۡ
إِلَّا
مُفۡتَرُونَ
٥٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And to the people of ’Âd We sent their brother Hûd. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no god other than Him. You do nothing but fabricate lies ˹against Allah˺.
هَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّا
تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ
يَوۡمَ
يَأۡتِي
تَأۡوِيلُهُۥ
يَقُولُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
نَسُوهُ
مِن
قَبۡلُ
قَدۡ
جَآءَتۡ
رُسُلُ
رَبِّنَا
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
فَهَل
لَّنَا
مِن
شُفَعَآءَ
فَيَشۡفَعُواْ
لَنَآ
أَوۡ
نُرَدُّ
فَنَعۡمَلَ
غَيۡرَ
ٱلَّذِي
كُنَّا
نَعۡمَلُۚ
قَدۡ
خَسِرُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٥٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do they only await the fulfilment ˹of its warning˺? The Day it will be fulfilled, those who ignored it before will say, “The messengers of our Lord certainly came with the truth. Are there any intercessors who can plead on our behalf? Or can we be sent back so we may do ˹good,˺ unlike what we used to do?” They will have certainly ruined themselves, and whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them.
وَيَجۡعَلُونَ
لِمَا
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
نَصِيبٗا
مِّمَّا
رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡۗ
تَٱللَّهِ
لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ
عَمَّا
كُنتُمۡ
تَفۡتَرُونَ
٥٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they ˹even˺ assign to those ˹idols˺—who know nothing—a share of what We have provided for them. By Allah! You will certainly be questioned about whatever ˹lies˺ you used to fabricate ˹against Allah˺.
قُلۡ
أَرَءَيۡتُم
مَّآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكُم
مِّن
رِّزۡقٖ
فَجَعَلۡتُم
مِّنۡهُ
حَرَامٗا
وَحَلَٰلٗا
قُلۡ
ءَآللَّهُ
أَذِنَ
لَكُمۡۖ
أَمۡ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَفۡتَرُونَ
٥٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Ask ˹the pagans, O Prophet˺, “Have you seen that which Allah has sent down for you as a provision, of which you have made some lawful and some unlawful?”
1 Say, “Has Allah given you authorization, or are you fabricating lies against Allah?”
وَمَا
ظَنُّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَذُو
فَضۡلٍ
عَلَى
ٱلنَّاسِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ
لَا
يَشۡكُرُونَ
٦٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
What do those who fabricate lies against Allah expect on Judgment Day? Surely Allah is ever Bountiful to humanity,
1 but most of them are ungrateful.
قَالَ
لَهُم
مُّوسَىٰ
وَيۡلَكُمۡ
لَا
تَفۡتَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗا
فَيُسۡحِتَكُم
بِعَذَابٖۖ
وَقَدۡ
خَابَ
مَنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
٦١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Moses warned the magicians, “Woe to you! Do not fabricate a lie against Allah,
1 or He will wipe you out with a torment. Whoever fabricates ˹lies˺ is bound to fail.”
29:68 - Al-'Ankabut
Verse 68
وَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
أَوۡ
كَذَّبَ
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
لَمَّا
جَآءَهُۥٓۚ
أَلَيۡسَ
فِي
جَهَنَّمَ
مَثۡوٗى
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
٦٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah or reject the truth after it has reached them? Is Hell not a ˹fitting˺ home for the disbelievers?
قُلۡ
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُونَ
٦٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Indeed, those who fabricate lies against Allah will never succeed.”
وَإِن
كَادُواْ
لَيَفۡتِنُونَكَ
عَنِ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
أَوۡحَيۡنَآ
إِلَيۡكَ
لِتَفۡتَرِيَ
عَلَيۡنَا
غَيۡرَهُۥۖ
وَإِذٗا
لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ
خَلِيلٗا
٧٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They definitely ˹thought they˺ were about to lure you away from what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺, hoping that you would attribute something else to Us falsely—and then they would have certainly taken you as a close friend.
1
28:75 - Al-Qasas
Verse 75
وَنَزَعۡنَا
مِن
كُلِّ
أُمَّةٖ
شَهِيدٗا
فَقُلۡنَا
هَاتُواْ
بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ
فَعَلِمُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
ٱلۡحَقَّ
لِلَّهِ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٧٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We will bring forth a witness
1 from every faith-community and ask ˹the polytheists˺, “Show ˹Us˺ your proof.” Then they will ˹come to˺ know that the truth is with Allah ˹alone˺. And whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them.
وَأَلۡقَوۡاْ
إِلَى
ٱللَّهِ
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
ٱلسَّلَمَۖ
وَضَلَّ
عَنۡهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٨٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They will offer ˹full˺ submission to Allah on that Day, and whatever ˹gods˺ they fabricated will fail them.
قَدِ
ٱفۡتَرَيۡنَا
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
إِنۡ
عُدۡنَا
فِي
مِلَّتِكُم
بَعۡدَ
إِذۡ
نَجَّىٰنَا
ٱللَّهُ
مِنۡهَاۚ
وَمَا
يَكُونُ
لَنَآ
أَن
نَّعُودَ
فِيهَآ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يَشَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
رَبُّنَاۚ
وَسِعَ
رَبُّنَا
كُلَّ
شَيۡءٍ
عِلۡمًاۚ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَوَكَّلۡنَاۚ
رَبَّنَا
ٱفۡتَحۡ
بَيۡنَنَا
وَبَيۡنَ
قَوۡمِنَا
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
وَأَنتَ
خَيۡرُ
ٱلۡفَٰتِحِينَ
٨٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We would surely be fabricating a lie against Allah if we were to return to your faith after Allah has saved us from it. It does not befit us to return to it unless it is the Will of Allah, our Lord. Our Lord has encompassed everything in ˹His˺ knowledge. In Allah we trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people with truth. You are the best of those who judge.”
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
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Who does more wrong than the one who fabricates lies against Allah or claims, “I have received revelations!”—although nothing was revealed to them—or the one who says, “I can reveal the like of Allah’s revelations!”? If you ˹O Prophet˺ could only see the wrongdoers in the throes of death while the angels are stretching out their hands ˹saying˺, “Give up your souls! Today you will be rewarded with the torment of disgrace for telling lies about Allah and for being arrogant towards His revelations!”
3:94 - Ali 'Imran
Verse 94
فَمَنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
ذَٰلِكَ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
هُمُ
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
٩٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then whoever still fabricates lies about Allah, they will be the ˹true˺ wrongdoers.
16:101 - An-Nahl
Verse 101
وَإِذَا
بَدَّلۡنَآ
ءَايَةٗ
مَّكَانَ
ءَايَةٖ
وَٱللَّهُ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَا
يُنَزِّلُ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَآ
أَنتَ
مُفۡتَرِۭۚ
بَلۡ
أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
١٠١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When We replace a verse with another
1—and Allah knows best what He reveals—they say, “You ˹Muḥammad˺ are just a fabricator.” In fact, most of them do not know.
5:103 - Al-Ma'idah
Verse 103
مَا
جَعَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
مِنۢ
بَحِيرَةٖ
وَلَا
سَآئِبَةٖ
وَلَا
وَصِيلَةٖ
وَلَا
حَامٖ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَۖ
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
لَا
يَعۡقِلُونَ
١٠٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Allah has never ordained the ˹so-called˺ baḥîrah, sâ'ibah, waṣîlah, and ḥâm camels.
1 But the disbelievers
2 just fabricate lies about Allah, and most of them lack understanding.
16:105 - An-Nahl
Verse 105
إِنَّمَا
يَفۡتَرِي
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
ٱللَّهِۖ
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
هُمُ
ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ
١٠٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
No one fabricates lies except those who disbelieve in Allah’s revelations, and it is they who are the ˹true˺ liars.
لَقَدۡ
كَانَ
فِي
قَصَصِهِمۡ
عِبۡرَةٞ
لِّأُوْلِي
ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِۗ
مَا
كَانَ
حَدِيثٗا
يُفۡتَرَىٰ
وَلَٰكِن
تَصۡدِيقَ
ٱلَّذِي
بَيۡنَ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَتَفۡصِيلَ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٖ
وَهُدٗى
وَرَحۡمَةٗ
لِّقَوۡمٖ
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
١١١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
In their stories there is truly a lesson for people of reason. This message cannot be a fabrication, rather ˹it is˺ a confirmation of previous revelation, a detailed explanation of all things, a guide, and a mercy for people of faith.
6:112 - Al-An'am
Verse 112
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
جَعَلۡنَا
لِكُلِّ
نَبِيٍّ
عَدُوّٗا
شَيَٰطِينَ
ٱلۡإِنسِ
وَٱلۡجِنِّ
يُوحِي
بَعۡضُهُمۡ
إِلَىٰ
بَعۡضٖ
زُخۡرُفَ
ٱلۡقَوۡلِ
غُرُورٗاۚ
وَلَوۡ
شَآءَ
رَبُّكَ
مَا
فَعَلُوهُۖ
فَذَرۡهُمۡ
وَمَا
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١١٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And so We have made for every prophet enemies—devilish humans and jinn—whispering to one another with elegant words of deception. Had it been your Lord’s Will, they would not have done such a thing. So leave them and their deceit,
16:116 - An-Nahl
Verse 116
وَلَا
تَقُولُواْ
لِمَا
تَصِفُ
أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
هَٰذَا
حَلَٰلٞ
وَهَٰذَا
حَرَامٞ
لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُونَ
١١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do not falsely declare with your tongues, “This is lawful, and that is unlawful,” ˹only˺ fabricating lies against Allah. Indeed, those who fabricate lies against Allah will never succeed.
6:137 - Al-An'am
Verse 137
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
زَيَّنَ
لِكَثِيرٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
قَتۡلَ
أَوۡلَٰدِهِمۡ
شُرَكَآؤُهُمۡ
لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ
وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
دِينَهُمۡۖ
وَلَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
فَعَلُوهُۖ
فَذَرۡهُمۡ
وَمَا
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١٣٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Likewise, the pagans’ evil associates have made it appealing to them to kill their own children—only leading to their destruction as well as confusion in their faith. Had it been Allah’s Will, they would not have done such a thing. So leave them and their falsehood.
6:138 - Al-An'am
Verse 138
وَقَالُواْ
هَٰذِهِۦٓ
أَنۡعَٰمٞ
وَحَرۡثٌ
حِجۡرٞ
لَّا
يَطۡعَمُهَآ
إِلَّا
مَن
نَّشَآءُ
بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ
وَأَنۡعَٰمٌ
حُرِّمَتۡ
ظُهُورُهَا
وَأَنۡعَٰمٞ
لَّا
يَذۡكُرُونَ
ٱسۡمَ
ٱللَّهِ
عَلَيۡهَا
ٱفۡتِرَآءً
عَلَيۡهِۚ
سَيَجۡزِيهِم
بِمَا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١٣٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They say, “These cattle and crops are reserved—none may eat them except those we permit,” so they claim. Some other cattle are exempted from labour and others are not slaughtered in Allah’s Name—falsely attributing lies to Him. He will repay them for their lies.
6:140 - Al-An'am
Verse 140
قَدۡ
خَسِرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
قَتَلُوٓاْ
أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ
سَفَهَۢا
بِغَيۡرِ
عِلۡمٖ
وَحَرَّمُواْ
مَا
رَزَقَهُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱفۡتِرَآءً
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِۚ
قَدۡ
ضَلُّواْ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
مُهۡتَدِينَ
١٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Lost indeed are those who have murdered their own children foolishly out of ignorance and have forbidden what Allah has provided for them—falsely attributing lies to Allah. They have certainly strayed and are not ˹rightly˺ guided.
6:144 - Al-An'am
Verse 144
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡإِبِلِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِ
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡبَقَرِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ
قُلۡ
ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ
حَرَّمَ
أَمِ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ
أَمَّا
ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
أَرۡحَامُ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ
أَمۡ
كُنتُمۡ
شُهَدَآءَ
إِذۡ
وَصَّىٰكُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَٰذَاۚ
فَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗا
لِّيُضِلَّ
ٱلنَّاسَ
بِغَيۡرِ
عِلۡمٍۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
١٤٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and a pair of camels and a pair of oxen. Ask ˹them˺, “Has He forbidden ˹to you˺ the two males or the two females or what is in the wombs of the two females? Or were you present when Allah gave you this commandment?” Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah to mislead others without ˹any˺ knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
7:152 - Al-A'raf
Verse 152
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
ٱلۡعِجۡلَ
سَيَنَالُهُمۡ
غَضَبٞ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمۡ
وَذِلَّةٞ
فِي
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
نَجۡزِي
ٱلۡمُفۡتَرِينَ
١٥٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Those who worshipped the calf will certainly be afflicted with wrath from their Lord as well as disgrace in the life of this world. This is how We reward those who invent falsehood.