Quran 6:24 — Al-An'aam, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
See how they lie against themselves and how those they invented have deserted them.
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
unẓur kayfa kadhabū ʿalā anfusihim waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Behold how they lie against themselves, and how that which they were forging has gone astray from them!
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold how they have lied to themselves -and [how] their false imagery has forsaken them!
- Sahih International
- See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱنظُرْunẓur | Look | نظر |
| 2 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 3 | كَذَبُوا۟kadhabū | they lied | كذب |
| 4 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | against | — |
| 5 | أَنفُسِهِمْ ۚanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 6 | وَضَلَّwaḍalla | And lost | ضلل |
| 7 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | from them | — |
| 8 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 10 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | invent | فري |