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Verse 8of 54

أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ ۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Has he invented about Allah a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفْتَرَىٰaftarāHas he invented
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
أَمamor
بِهِۦbihiin him
جِنَّةٌۢ ۗjinnatun(is) madness
بَلِbaliNay
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَا(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
فِى(will be) in
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِwal-ḍalāliand error
ٱلْبَعِيدِl-baʿīdifar

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers' Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of Their ViewHere Allah tells us how the disbelievers and heretics denied that the Hour will come, and mocked the Messenger ﷺ for speaking of it.وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ(Those who disbelieve say: "Shall we direct you to a man who will tell you (that) when you have become fully disintegrated into dust with full dispersion...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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