Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:61

20:61

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ

qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban fayus'ḥitakum biʿadhābin waqad khāba mani if'tarā

Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

— Saheeh International

Moses said to them, ‘Beware, do not invent lies against God or He will destroy you with His punishment. Whoever invents lies will fail.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Mûsâ (Moses) said to them: "Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allâh, lest He should destroy you completely by a torment. And surely, he who invents a lie (against Allâh) will fail miserably."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 315meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaSaid
لَهُمlahumto them
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
وَيْلَكُمْwaylakumWoe to you
لَاlā(Do) not
تَفْتَرُوا۟taftarūinvent
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
فَيُسْحِتَكُمfayus'ḥitakumlest He will destroy you
بِعَذَابٍۢۖbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
خَابَkhābahe failed
مَنِmaniwho
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented