Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:38 — translation and meaning

المؤمنون · Verse 38 / 118 · Page 344

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Word by Word

إِنْ
in
Not
هُوَ
huwa
(is) he
إِلَّا
illa
but
رَجُلٌ
rajulun
a man
افْتَرَى
if'tara
who (has) invented
عَلَى
ala
about
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
وَمَا
wama
and not
نَحْنُ
nahnu
we
لَهُ
lahu
(in) him
بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
bimu'minina
(are) believers

Transliteration

In huwa illaa rajulunif taraa 'alal laahi kazibanw wa maa nahnuu lahoo bimu'mineen

Translation

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Hud, who claims he is a messenger, has only fabricated a lie unto Allah by this claim of his; we are not going to believe him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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