Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:37

7:37

فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allâh or rejects His Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations)? For such their appointed portion (good things of this worldly life and their period of stay therein) will reach them from the Book (of Decrees) until when Our Messengers (the angel of death and his assistants) come to them to take their souls, they (the angels) will say: "Where are those whom you used to invoke and worship besides Allâh," they will reply, "They have vanished and deserted us." And they will bear witness against themselves, that they were disbelievers.

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

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فَمَنْfamanThen who
أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
أَوْawor
كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓۚbiāyātihiHis Verses
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
يَنَالُهُمْyanāluhumwill reach them
نَصِيبُهُمnaṣībuhumtheir portion
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِۖl-kitābithe Book
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcomes to them
رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers (Angels)
يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْyatawaffawnahum(to) take them in death
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَيْنَaynaWhere are
مَاmāthose (whom)
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnainvoke
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūThey strayed
عَنَّاʿannāfrom us
وَشَهِدُوا۟washahidūand they (will) testify
عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainst
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers