Quran 16:62 — An-Nahl, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They attribute to God what they themselves dislike while their own tongues utter the lie that the best belongs to them. Without doubt it is the Fire that belongs to them: they will be given priority there!
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَأَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ
wayajʿalūna lillahi mā yakrahūna wataṣifu alsinatuhumu l-kadhiba anna lahumu l-ḥus'nā lā jarama anna lahumu l-nāra wa-annahum muf'raṭūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They assign to God that they themselves dislike; and their tongues describe falsehood, that the reward most fair shall be theirs. Without any doubt theirs shall be the Fire, and they are hastened in.
- Muhammad Asad
- As it is, they ascribe to God something that they [themselves] dislike -and [all the while] their tongues utter the lie that [by doing so] they earn supreme merit! Truly, they earn but the fire, and will be left out [of God's grace]!
- Sahih International
- And they attribute to Allāh that which they dislike [i.e., daughters], and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be [therein] neglected.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūna | And they assign | جعل |
| 2 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | يَكْرَهُونَyakrahūna | they dislike | كره |
| 5 | وَتَصِفُwataṣifu | and assert | وصف |
| 6 | أَلْسِنَتُهُمُalsinatuhumu | their tongues | لسن |
| 7 | ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhiba | the lie | كذب |
| 8 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 9 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖl-ḥus'nā | (is) the best | حسن |
| 11 | لَاlā | No | — |
| 12 | جَرَمَjarama | doubt | جرم |
| 13 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 14 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 15 | ٱلنَّارَl-nāra | (is) the Fire | نور |
| 16 | وَأَنَّهُمwa-annahum | and that they | — |
| 17 | مُّفْرَطُونَmuf'raṭūna | (will) be abandoned | فرط |