Quran 34:8 — Saba, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Has he invented a lie about God? Is he mad?’ No! It is those who do not believe in the life to come who will suffer torment, for they are in gross error.
أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَمْ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ۗ بَلِ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَعِيدِ
aftarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban am bihi jinnatun bali alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati fī l-ʿadhābi wal-ḍalāli l-baʿīdi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, has he forged against God a lie, or is he possessed? Not so; but those who believe not in the Hereafter are in chastisement and far error.
- Muhammad Asad
- Does he [knowingly] attribute his own lying inventions to God - or is he a madman?” Nay, [there is no madness in this Prophet -] but they who will not believe in the life to come are [bound to lose themselves] in suffering and in a profound aberration.
- Sahih International
- Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفْتَرَىٰaftarā | Has he invented | فري |
| 2 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 4 | كَذِبًاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 5 | أَمam | or | — |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | in him | — |
| 7 | جِنَّةٌۢ ۗjinnatun | (is) madness | جنن |
| 8 | بَلِbali | Nay | — |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 11 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |
| 12 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhirati | in the Hereafter | أخر |
| 13 | فِىfī | (will be) in | — |
| 14 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | the punishment | عذب |
| 15 | وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِwal-ḍalāli | and error | ضلل |
| 16 | ٱلْبَعِيدِl-baʿīdi | far | بعد |