Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 38 (23:38)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 23:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 344 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:38
إِنْهُوَإِلَّارَجُلٌٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاوَمَانَحْنُلَهُۥبِمُؤْمِنِينَ٣٨
in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."(38)

Word by word

  1. إِنْinNot
  2. هُوَhuwa(is) he
  3. إِلَّاillābut
  4. رَجُلٌrajuluna man
  5. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāwho (has) invented
  6. عَلَىʿalāabout
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  9. وَمَاwamāand not
  10. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  11. لَهُۥlahu(in) him
  12. بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna(are) believers

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