Quran 10:17 — Yunus, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who could be more wicked than someone who invents lies against God or denies His revelations? The guilty will never prosper.
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba biāyātihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-muj'rimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie, or cries lies to His signs? Surely the sinners do not prosper.
- Muhammad Asad
- And who could be more wicked than they who attribute their own lying inventions to God or give the lie to His messages? Verily, those who are lost in sin will never attain to a happy state -
- Sahih International
- So who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh or denies His signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَنْfaman | So who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more wrong | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than he who | — |
| 4 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invents | فري |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | كَذِبًاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denies | كذب |
| 10 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚbiāyātihi | His Signs | أيي |
| 11 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu | will succeed | فلح |
| 14 | ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūna | the criminals | جرم |