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Surah Saba, Ayah 8 (34:8)

سَبَأ

أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ ۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ فِى …

Quran 34:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 429 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:8
أَفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَمبِهِۦجِنَّةٌۢ ۗبَلِٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِفِىٱلْعَذَابِوَٱلضَّلَٰلِٱلْبَعِيدِ٨
aftarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban am bihi jinnatun bali alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati fī l-ʿadhābi wal-ḍalāli l-baʿīdi

Has he invented about Allāh 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.(8)

Word by word

  1. أَفْتَرَىٰaftarāHas he invented
  2. عَلَىʿalāabout
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  4. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  5. أَمamor
  6. بِهِۦbihiin him
  7. جِنَّةٌۢ ۗjinnatun(is) madness
  8. بَلِbaliNay
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. لَاlā(do) not
  11. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  12. بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
  13. فِىfī(will be) in
  14. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  15. وَٱلضَّلَٰلِwal-ḍalāliand error
  16. ٱلْبَعِيدِl-baʿīdifar

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