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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَآ ءَايَةًۭ مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٍۢ ۙ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٠١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muhammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
بَدَّلْنَآbaddalnāWe substitute
ءَايَةًۭāyatana Verse
مَّكَانَmakāna(in) place
ءَايَةٍۢ ۙāyatin(of) a Verse
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِمَاbimāof what
يُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends down
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَنتَantayou
مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚmuf'tarin(are) an inventor
بَلْbalNay
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators' Accusation that the Prophet was a Liar since some Ayat were abrogated, and the Refutation of their ClaimAllah tells us of the weak minds of the idolators, and their lack of faith and conviction. He explains that it is impossible for them to have faith when He has decreed that they are doomed. When they saw that some rulings had been changed by being abrogated, they said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍ(You are but a forger) meaning one who tells lies.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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