Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 21 (6:21)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بَِٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ …

Quran 6:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 130 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:21
وَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَوْكَذَّبَبَِٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۗإِنَّهُۥلَايُفْلِحُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ٢١
waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba biāyātihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.(21)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
  2. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
  3. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) who
  4. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
  5. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  8. أَوْawor
  9. كَذَّبَkadhabarejects
  10. بَِٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۗbiāyātihiHis Signs
  11. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
  12. لَاlānot
  13. يُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuwill be successful
  14. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers

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