Quran 11:18 — Hud, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who could do more wrong than someone who invents lies about God? Such people will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, ‘These are the ones that lied about their Lord.’ God’s rejection is the due of those who do such wrong,
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ الْأَشْهَادُ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ
waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban ulāika yuʿ'raḍūna ʿalā rabbihim wayaqūlu l-ashhādu hāulāi alladhīna kadhabū ʿalā rabbihim alā laʿnatu l-lahi ʿalā l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie? Those shall be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, 'Those are they who lied against their Lord.' Surely the curse of God shall rest upon the evildoers
- Muhammad Asad
- And who could be more wicked than they who attribute their own lying inventions to God? [On the Day of Judgment, such as] these shall be arraigned before their Sustainer, and those who are called upon to bear witness [against them] shall say, "It is they who uttered lies about their Sustainer!" Oh, verily, God's rejection is the due of all evildoers
- Sahih International
- And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allāh? Those will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allāh is upon the wrongdoers
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (he) who | — |
| 4 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invents | فري |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | كَذِبًا ۚkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 8 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 9 | يُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūna | will be presented | عرض |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | before | — |
| 11 | رَبِّهِمْrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 12 | وَيَقُولُwayaqūlu | and will say | قول |
| 13 | ٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُl-ashhādu | the witnesses | شهد |
| 14 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | These (are) | — |
| 15 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 16 | كَذَبُوا۟kadhabū | lied | كذب |
| 17 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 18 | رَبِّهِمْ ۚrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 19 | أَلَاalā | No doubt | — |
| 20 | لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu | (The) curse of Allah | لعن |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (The) curse of Allah | أله |
| 22 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 23 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |