The Bee — Verse 116

16:116 · an-Nahl

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The Bee 16:116

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Arabic English Morphology
وَلَا walā
And (do) not Prep
تَقُولُوا۟ taqūlū
say V
لِمَا limā
for that which Noun
تَصِفُ taṣifu
assert V
أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ alsinatukumu
your tongues Noun
ٱلْكَذِبَ l-kadhiba
the lie Noun
هَٰذَا hādhā
This Noun
حَلَٰلٌ ḥalālun
(is) lawful Noun
وَهَٰذَا wahādhā
and this Noun
حَرَامٌ ḥarāmun
(is) forbidden Noun
لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ litaftarū
so that you invent V
عَلَى ʿalā
about Prep
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
ٱلْكَذِبَ l-kadhiba
the lie Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
يَفْتَرُونَ yaftarūna
invent V
عَلَى ʿalā
about Prep
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
ٱلْكَذِبَ l-kadhiba
the lie Noun
لَا lā
they will not succeed Prep
يُفْلِحُونَ yuf'liḥūna
they will not succeed V

Do not say falsely, ‘This is lawful and that is forbidden,’ inventing a lie about God: those who invent lies about God will not prosper

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَـٰذَا حَلَـٰلࣱ وَهَـٰذَا حَرَامࣱ لِّتَفۡتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ یَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا یُفۡلِحُونَ ۝١١٦

walā taqūlū limā taṣifu alsinatukumu l-kadhiba hādhā ḥalālun wahādhā ḥarāmun litaftarū ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba inna alladhīna yaftarūna ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba lā yuf'liḥūn

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