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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 4of 77

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًۭا وَزُورًۭا﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
إِلَّآillā(is) but
إِفْكٌif'kuna lie
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe invented it
وَأَعَانَهُۥwa-aʿānahuand helped him
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiat it
قَوْمٌqawmunpeople
ءَاخَرُونَ ۖākharūnaother
فَقَدْfaqadBut verily
جَآءُوjāūthey (have) produced
ظُلْمًۭاẓul'manan injustice
وَزُورًۭاwazūranand a lie

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

What the Disbelievers said about the Qur'anAllah tells us about the foolishness of the disbelievers' ignorant minds, when they said about the Qur'an:إِنْ هَـذَا إِلاَّ إِفْكٌ(This is nothing but a lie), meaning an untruth.افْتَرَاهُ(that he has invented,) meaning the Prophet .وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ(and others have helped him in it.) means, he asked other people to help him compile it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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