Surah An-Nahl, ayah 116
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ هَـٰذَا حَلَـٰلٌ وَهَـٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ
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.
An-Nahl · 16:116
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūsay
- لِمَاlimāfor that which
- تَصِفُtaṣifuassert
- أَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumuyour tongues
- ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- حَلَـٰلٌۭḥalālun(is) lawful
- وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
- حَرَامٌۭḥarāmun(is) forbidden
- لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarūso that you invent
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚl-kadhibathe lie
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
- لَاlāthey will not succeed
- يُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūnathey will not succeed
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