Quran 7:37 — Al-A'raaf, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who is more wrong than the person who invents lies against God or rejects His revelations? Such people will have their preordained share [in this world], but then, when Our angels arrive to take them back, saying, ‘Where are those you used to call on beside God?’ they will say, ‘They have deserted us.’ They will confess that they were disbelievers and
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَافِرِينَ
faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba biāyātihi ulāika yanāluhum naṣībuhum mina l-kitābi ḥattā idhā jāathum rusulunā yatawaffawnahum qālū ayna mā kuntum tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi qālū ḍallū ʿannā washahidū ʿalā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie, or cries lies to His signs? Those - their portion of the Book shall reach them; till, when Our messengers come to them, to take them away, they say, 'Where is that you were calling on, beside God?' They will say, 'They have gone astray from us, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And who could be more wicked than they who attribute their own lying inventions to God or give the lie to His messages? Whatever has been decreed to be their lot [in life] will be theirs -till there shall come _ unto them Our messengers to cause them to die, [and] shall say, "Where, now, are those beings whom you were wont to invoke beside God?" And [those sinners] will reply, "They have forsaken us!" -and [thus] they will bear witness against themselves that they had been denying the truth.
- Sahih International
- And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَنْfaman | Then who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (one) who | — |
| 4 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invented | فري |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | كَذِبًاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denies | كذب |
| 10 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚbiāyātihi | His Verses | أيي |
| 11 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 12 | يَنَالُهُمْyanāluhum | will reach them | نيل |
| 13 | نَصِيبُهُمnaṣībuhum | their portion | نصب |
| 14 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 16 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 17 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 18 | جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum | comes to them | جيأ |
| 19 | رُسُلُنَاrusulunā | Our messengers (Angels) | رسل |
| 20 | يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْyatawaffawnahum | (to) take them in death | وفي |
| 21 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 22 | أَيْنَayna | Where are | — |
| 23 | مَاmā | those (whom) | — |
| 24 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 25 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | invoke | دعو |
| 26 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 27 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 28 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 29 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They say | قول |
| 30 | ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū | They strayed | ضلل |
| 31 | عَنَّاʿannā | from us | — |
| 32 | وَشَهِدُوا۟washahidū | and they (will) testify | شهد |
| 33 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | against | — |
| 34 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 35 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 36 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 37 | كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīna | disbelievers | كفر |