Quran 6:21 — Al-An'aam, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who does greater wrong than someone who fabricates a lie against God or denies His revelation? Those who do such wrong will not prosper.
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ ۗ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ
waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba biāyātihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie, or cries lies to His signs? They shall not prosper, the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And who could be more wicked than he who attributes his own lying inventions to God or gives the lie to His messages? Verily, such evildoers will never attain to a happy state:
- Sahih International
- And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (he) who | — |
| 4 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invents | فري |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | كَذِبًاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | rejects | كذب |
| 10 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۗbiāyātihi | His Signs | أيي |
| 11 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu | will be successful | فلح |
| 14 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |