Quran 25:4 — Al-Furqaan, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers say, ‘This can only be a lie he has forged with the help of others’––they themselves have done great wrong and told lies––
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا إِفْكٌ افْتَرَاهُ وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَاءُوا ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا
waqāla alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā if'kun if'tarāhu wa-aʿānahu ʿalayhi qawmun ākharūna faqad jāū ẓul'man wazūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say, 'This is naught but a calumny he has forged, and other folk have helped him to it.' So they have committed wrong and falsehood.
- Muhammad Asad
- Moreover, those who are bent on denying the truth are wont to say, “This [Qur’an] is nothing but a lie, which he [himself] has devised with the help of other people, who thereupon have perverted the truth and brought a falsehood into being.”
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 5 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | this | — |
| 6 | إِلَّآillā | (is) but | — |
| 7 | إِفْكٌif'kun | a lie | أفك |
| 8 | ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhu | he invented it | فري |
| 9 | وَأَعَانَهُۥwa-aʿānahu | and helped him | عون |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | at it | — |
| 11 | قَوْمٌqawmun | people | قوم |
| 12 | ءَاخَرُونَ ۖākharūna | other | أخر |
| 13 | فَقَدْfaqad | But verily | — |
| 14 | جَآءُوjāū | they (have) produced | جيأ |
| 15 | ظُلْمًۭاẓul'man | an injustice | ظلم |
| 16 | وَزُورًۭاwazūran | and a lie | زور |