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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 116 (16:116)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ …

Quran 16:116 is ayah 116 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 280 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:116
وَلَاتَقُولُوا۟لِمَاتَصِفُأَلْسِنَتُكُمُٱلْكَذِبَهَٰذَاحَلَٰلٌوَهَٰذَاحَرَامٌلِّتَفْتَرُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَ ۚإِنَّٱلَّذِينَيَفْتَرُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَلَايُفْلِحُونَ١١٦
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'liḥūna

And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.(116)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūsay
  3. لِمَاlimāfor that which
  4. تَصِفُtaṣifuassert
  5. أَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumuyour tongues
  6. ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
  7. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  8. حَلَٰلٌḥalālun(is) lawful
  9. وَهَٰذَاwahādhāand this
  10. حَرَامٌḥarāmun(is) forbidden
  11. لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarūso that you invent
  12. عَلَىʿalāabout
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  14. ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚl-kadhibathe lie
  15. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  16. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  17. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent
  18. عَلَىʿalāabout
  19. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  20. ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
  21. لَاlāthey will not succeed
  22. يُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūnathey will not succeed

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