The Holy Qor-aan 007:038
فَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ افۡتَـرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَوۡ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيٰتِهٖ ؕ اُولٰۤٮِٕكَ يَنَالُهُمۡ نَصِيۡبُهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡـكِتٰبِؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُـنَا يَتَوَفَّوۡنَهُمۡ ۙ قَالُوۡۤا اَيۡنَ مَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَدۡعُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ ؕ قَالُوۡا ضَلُّوۡا عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوۡا عَلٰٓى اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ اَنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا كٰفِرِيۡنَ
Fa maun auz-la-mo mim-ma-nay if-ta-raa aa-la ul-laa-hay ka-zay-baun Auo kauz-za-ba bay aa-yaa-taa he O-laa-aiy-ka ya-naa-lo hoom na-see-bo hoom may-na ul-kai-taa-bay
Hut-taa aiy-zaa jaa-aut hoom ro-so-lo naa ya-ta-wauf-fao-na hoom Qaa-loo aiy-na maa koon-toom taud-oo-na min do-nay il-laa-hay
Qaa-loo dzaul-loo aun naa wa sha-hay-doo Aa-laa aun-fo-say him aun-na hoom kaa-noo ka-fay-ree-n
Who is more unfair than one who concocted a lie against Allah Or belied His signs? They all are whom their share from the Book will reach
Until when Our Messengers reached them bringing them death They (the angels) said, “Where is all that you worship other than Allah.”
They (the wrongdoers) said, “They are lost from us.” And they testified Against themselves that they had been disbelievers.
- فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; so; thereafter; therefore; then; thus; yet)
For first seven (7) words see Phrase Maun auz-la-mo mim-ma-nay if-ta-raa …
- مَنۡ — Maun — Who (= Anyone; whoever; whom; whomever; whoso. A/t/a, ‘Who is there’ and ‘who is then’)
- اَظۡلَمُ — Auz-la-mo — More unfair (= adj., Greater wrong doer. Guilty of a more cruel, unfair, unjust, wicked, wrongful or worse act, behavior or conduct. A/t/a, ‘more unjust’ and ‘doth greater wrong’)
- مِمَّنِ — Mim-ma-nay … (if) — From who (= Combination of two words. The first word مِنۡ (min) means ‘among, from or out of the class, category, count, kind or several persons or things. The second word مَنۡ (maun) means ‘anyone; who, whoever, whom. A/t/a, ‘than he,’ ‘than one’ and ‘than the man’)
- افۡتَرٰى — If-ta-raa — Concocted (= v., past., s., 3rd person. He padded up lies to appear true. This word shows the people who pursued for bad results and not for some good. See details in 003:025. A/t/a, ‘forges,’ ’fabricates,’ ‘invents,’ ‘invents … and attributes,’ ‘invententh’ but such verbs in the present tense are no translations of the verb in the past tense that the Holy Qor-aan has used)
- عَلٰى — Ala … (ul) — On (= About; above; against; of; over; to; upon. A/t/a, ‘concerning’ and ‘in the name of’)
- اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay — Allah (= The One and the Only One Almighty God)
- كَذِبًا — Ka-zay-baun — A lie (= n., Falsehood; fib; tall tale; untruth; white lie)
- اَوۡ — Auo — Or (= Alternatively; in substitution)
- كَذَّبَ — Kauz-za-ba — Belied (= v., past, s.,3rd person. Belied; decried; disbelieved; falsified; gave a lie; lied; misrepresented; rejected the truth; stated the untruth; treated as a liar. A/t/a, ‘gives the lie,’ ‘cries lies,’ ‘rejects,’ ‘rejects … as false,’ ’denieth’ and ‘denies’ being in the present tense are all incorrect translations of the past tense with which the action has been stated in the Holy Qor-aan)
- بِ — Bay — With (= The word بِ means with. A/t/a, ‘to’)
- اٰيٰتِ — Aa-ya-tay — Signs (= n., pl of … An argument, corroboration, indication, insinuation, pointer, portent, prof, sign, suggestion, symbol or token. See Note 002:074. A/t/a, ‘Messages,’ ‘token,’ ‘Revelations’ and the usuals by some)
- هٖ — He — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to God Almighty. A/t/a, ‘Our’)
- اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ — O-laa-aiy-ka — All of these (= Acts; facts, items, persons or things. A/t/a, ‘These,’ ‘It is these,’ ‘For such,’ ‘Those are they who’ and ‘such men’)
- يَنَالُ — Ya-naa-lo — Reaches (= v., pres., s., 3rd person. Applies; arrives; covers; embraces; extends to; fills; includes. A/t/a, ‘must reach,’ ‘shall reach,’ ‘who shall have,’ ‘shall continue to receive,’ ‘reacheth,’ ‘who shall continue to have,’ ‘shall be fulfilled against,’ ‘shall have’ and ‘will reach’)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- نَصِيۡبُ — Na-see-bo — A part (= n., Less than the whole; part; portion; section; share. Also, benefit; fortune; recompense; reward. A/t/a, ‘share,’ ‘portion,’ ‘lot,’ ‘portion appointed,’ ‘appointed portion,’ ‘destined share,’ ‘their appointed portion (good things of this worldly life and their period of stay herein)’ and ‘destiny ordained’)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Their (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- مِّنَ — May-na … (ul) — From (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, counts, kind, things, etc. A/t/a, ‘from,’ ‘of,’ ‘as’ and ‘in’)
- الۡـكِتٰبِ — Kay-taa-bay — The Book (= n., The Divine Directive of Commands, Prohibitions and Regulations. Holy Scripture. Also, what is destined and has already been written down. See verse 002:003. A/t/a, ‘the Book,’ ’the Book (of Decrees),’ ‘the Book (of destiny)’ and ‘of the ordained punishment,’ But verbs as in ‘ordained’ and ‘ordained (by Allah)’ are no translations of the noun the Holy Qor- aan has used)
- حَتّٰى — Hut-ta — Until (= By the end of the period or term; till the time. A/t/a, ‘until,’ ‘till’ and ‘until (there comes the time)’
- اِذَا — Aiy-zaa — When (= At the time or event; call to mind; recall; remember; think of the time, event, occasion or opportunity)
- جَآءَتۡ — Jaa-aut — Came (= v., past., s., 3rd person. Arrived; reached; returned. In a different context: achieved, brought, delivered, had come with or settled. A/t/a, future tense in ‘shall visit’ or present tense in ‘arrive’ and ‘come’ are no translations of the past tense that the Holy Qor-aan has used)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- رُسُلُ — Ro-so-lo — Messengers (= n., pl., Apostles, Messengers, Sages or saints. A/t/a, ‘messengers (- angels),’ ‘messengers (of death),’ ‘messengers (the angel of death and his assistants)’ and ‘angels’)
- نَآ — Naa — Our (= pro., pl., 1st person. Our; Us. Used with God’s name this plural is the authoritative way a higher-up talks)
- يَتَوَفَّوۡنَ — Ya-ta-wauf-fao-na — Die (= v., pres., pl., 3rd person. Breathing their last; departing; going in transition. Bringing death. A/t/a, ‘causing them to die,’ ‘to take away their soul,’ ‘to take charge of their souls,’ ‘to gather them,’ ‘to carry off’ their souls’ and ‘take … souls’)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- قَالُوۡۤا — Qaa-loo — They said (= v., past, pl., m., 3rdperson: All those men announced; called; declared; told. See Notes 112:002 and our Commentary ‘‘You say means… ’. A/t/a, ‘they say,’ ‘they (- angels) will say’ and ‘they shall say’ but they all in the future tense are no translations of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in the past tense)
- اَيۡنَ — Aina –Where (= Wherever; which direction or destination; wither -A/t/a, ‘Where is,’ ‘where are,’ ‘where are things’ and ‘where are your idols now’)
- مَاۤ — Maa — All that (= What; whatever; whatsoever. A/t/a, ‘those,’ ‘those who,’ ‘that,’ ‘that which’ and ‘that to which’)
- كُنۡـتُمۡ — Koon-toom — You used to (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. It is a combination of two words. The first word is كُنۡ which means used to, have or had been since the past. The second word is تُمۡthat means you all men and that is how the Holy Qor-aan has addressed men and women jointly. A/t/a, ’ye used to’)
- تَدۡعُوۡنَ — Taud-oo-na — You pray (= v., pres., pl., 2nd person. Call for help; pray; seek help. A/t/a, ‘call upon,’ ‘invoke’ and ‘invoke and worship.’ But the past tense in ‘cried’ and ‘invoked’ has not translated what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in the present tense)
- مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, counts, kind, things, persons or phenomenon)
- دُوۡنِ — Doo-nay … (il) — Other than (= Apart from; besides; except; excluding; exclusive of; in preference to; over and beyond; save; to the exclusion of the rest of. A/t/a, ‘other than,’ ‘beside’ and ‘besides’)
- اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay — Allah (= The One and the Only One Almighty God)
- قَالُوۡۤا — Qaa-loo — They said (= v., past, s., m., 3rd person. Announced. See قَالُوۡۤا above. A/t/a, the would say.’ But ‘they testify,’ ‘they will answer,’ ‘they will reply,’ ‘they will answer’ and ‘they shall say’ but such a verb in the future tense is no translation of the verb in the past tense that the Holy Qor-aan has used)
- ضَلُّوۡا — Dzaul-loo — They failed (= v., past, pl., 3rd person. Blundered; misguided; mistake strayed; turned in wrong direction or road. A/t/a, ‘They are gone away,’ ‘We cannot find them,’ ‘They have disappeared,’ ‘they have left us in the lurch.’ ‘They have departed,’ ‘They are lost,’ ‘They have forsaken us’ and ‘they have vanished and deserted’)
- عَنۡ — Un — From (= About; concerning; regarding; relative to. A/t/a, ‘from’ and ‘to’)
- نَآ — Naa — Us (= pro., pl., 1st person. Our; Us. See نَآ above))
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet)
- شَهِدُوۡا — Sha-hay-do — They testified (= v., past., pl., 3rd person. Established; proved; provided; Gave testimony A/t/a, ‘they shall bear witness,’ ‘they will bear witness,’ ‘admit’ and ‘they testify’ but the verbs in the future or present tenses are no translations of the verb in the past tense that the Holy Qor-aan has used)
- عَلٰى — Aa-laa — On (= Above; against; before; during; for; on; on top of; over; to; upon)
- اَنۡفُسِ — Aun-fo-say — Selves (= n., pl., Hearts; individuals; minds; own sake; persons; selves; souls. A/t/a, ‘themselves’)
- هِمۡ — Him — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- اَ نَّ — Aun-na — Surely (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; really surely; truly; verily)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
- كَانُوۡۤا — Kaa-noo — Used to (= v., past., pl., m., 3rd person., Continued doing. See كُنۡـتُمۡ above. A/t/a, ‘they were’ and ‘they had’)
- كٰفِرِيۡنَ — Kaa-fay-ree-n — The ungrateful (= n., pl. Those who denied, disbelieved, disclaimed, failed to acknowledge, lacked Faith, rejected Iss-laam and God Almighty or were thankless and ungrateful. See our Commentary Believe and Disbelieve. A/t/a, ‘disbelievers,’ ‘unbelievers’ and ‘rejected God’)
