Surah Saba 34:8 — translation and meaning

سبأ · Verse 8 / 54 · Page 429

ۗ أَفْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِ جِنَّةٌ بَلِ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَعِيدِ

Word by Word

ۗ
أَفْتَرَى
aftara
Has he invented
عَلَى
ala
about
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
أَم
am
or
بِهِ
bihi
in him
جِنَّةٌ
jinnatun
(is) madness
بَلِ
bali
Nay
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
لَا
la
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
believe
بِالْآخِرَةِ
bil-akhirati
in the Hereafter
فِي
fi
(will be) in
الْعَذَابِ
al-'adhabi
the punishment
وَالضَّلَالِ
wal-dalali
and error
الْبَعِيدِ
al-ba'idi
far

Transliteration

Aftaraa 'alal laahi kaziban am bihee jinnah; balil lazeena laa yu'minoona bil Aakhirati fil'azaabi waddad laalil ba'eed

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And they said, “Has this man fabricated and attributed a lie to Allah, claiming that we shall be resurrected after we die, or is he insane, talking of nonsense?” It is not as these people say, rather, the reality is that those who do not believe in the Hereafter will suffer a severe punishment on the Day of Judgement, and are very far astray in the world.

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

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