Surah 61 As-Saff — Ayah 7
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah untruth while he is being invited to Islam. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
waman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wahuwa yud'ʿā ilā l-is'lāmi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Word by word
- وَمَنْ waman And who
- أَظْلَمُ aẓlamu (is) more wrong
- مِمَّنِ mimmani than (one) who
- ٱفْتَرَىٰ if'tarā invents
- عَلَى ʿalā upon
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- ٱلْكَذِبَ l-kadhiba the lie
- وَهُوَ wahuwa while he
- يُدْعَىٰٓ yud'ʿā is invited
- إِلَى ilā to
- ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۚ l-is'lāmi Islam
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
- لَا lā (does) not
- يَهْدِى yahdī guide
- ٱلْقَوْمَ l-qawma the people
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna [the] wrongdoers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Most Unjust among all People
Allah said,
(And who does more wrong than the one who invents a lie against Allah, while he is being invited to Islam) meaning, none is more unjust than he who lies about Allah and calls upon rivals and associates partners with Him, even while he is being invited to Tawhid and sincerely worshipping Him. This is why Allah said,
(And Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers.) Allah said,
(They intend to put out the Light of Allah with their mouths.) indicating that the disbelievers will try to contradict the truth with falsehood. Their attempts are similar to one's attempt to extinguish the sun with his mouth, which is impossible. Likewise is the case of their attempt to extinguish truth. So Allah said,
(But Allah will bring His Light to perfection even though the disbelievers hate (it). He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the idolators hate (it).) We explained the meanings of similar Ayat before, in the Tafsir of Surah Bara'ah. All praise and thanks are due to Allah.