Quran 23:38 — Al-Muminoon, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He is just a man making lies up about God. We will never believe in him.’
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He is naught but a man who has forged against God a lie, and we will not believe him.'
- Muhammad Asad
- He is nothing but a man who attributes his own lying inventions to God, and we are not going to believe him!”
- Sahih International
- He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 2 | هُوَhuwa | (is) he | — |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 4 | رَجُلٌrajulun | a man | رجل |
| 5 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | who (has) invented | فري |
| 6 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | كَذِبًۭاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 10 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 11 | لَهُۥlahu | (in) him | — |
| 12 | بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna | (are) believers | أمن |