Quran 16:116 — An-Nahl, verse 116
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not say falsely, ‘This is lawful and that is forbidden,’ inventing a lie about God: those who invent lies about God will not prosper-
وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَـٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَـٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ
walā taqūlū limā taṣifu alsinatukumu l-kadhiba hādhā ḥalālun wahādhā ḥarāmun litaftarū ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba inna alladhīna yaftarūna ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba lā yuf'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And do not say, as to what your tongues falsely describe, 'This is lawful; and this is forbidden, so that you may forge against God falsehood; surely those who forge against God falsehood shall not prosper.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, do not utter falsehoods by letting your tongues determine [at your own discretion], "This is lawful and that is forbidden", thus attributing your own lying inventions to God: for, behold, they who attribute their own lying inventions to God will never attain to a happy state!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | say | قول |
| 3 | لِمَاlimā | for that which | — |
| 4 | تَصِفُtaṣifu | assert | وصف |
| 5 | أَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumu | your tongues | لسن |
| 6 | ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhiba | the lie | كذب |
| 7 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 8 | حَلَـٰلٌۭḥalālun | (is) lawful | حلل |
| 9 | وَهَـٰذَاwahādhā | and this | — |
| 10 | حَرَامٌۭḥarāmun | (is) forbidden | حرم |
| 11 | لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarū | so that you invent | فري |
| 12 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 14 | ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚl-kadhiba | the lie | كذب |
| 15 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 17 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | invent | فري |
| 18 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 20 | ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhiba | the lie | كذب |
| 21 | لَاlā | they will not succeed | — |
| 22 | يُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūna | they will not succeed | فلح |