Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 37
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰفِرِينَ
කවුරුන් අල්ලාහ් කෙරෙහි බොරු ගොතා මනක්කල්පිත කර පවසන්නෝද, නැතහොත් ඔහුගේ ආයාවන් බොරු කරන්නෝද, ඔහුට වඩා අපරාධකරුවා කවරෙක්ද? (මෙලොවදී ඔවුන් ජීවත් වන තුරු) ඔවුන්ට නියම කර ඇති (ආහාර, වස්තුව ආදී) දැය ඔවුන්ට ලැඛෙමින්ම පවතී. (ඔවුන්ගේ කාලය අවසන් වී) ඔවුන්ගේ පණ අත්පත් කිරීමට අපගේ මලායිකාවරුන් ඔවුන් වෙත පැමිණෙන අවස්ථාවේදී, (ඔවුන්ට) “ඔබ ආරාධනා කරමින් තිබූ අල්ලාහ් නොවන දැය කොහේද?”යි ඔවුන් විමසනු ඇත. එයට ඔවුන් “(ඒවා සියල්ල) අපව අත්හැර දමා (දිව ගොස්) සැඟවී ගියහ” යයි කියා, ඇත්තෙන්ම අපි (සත්යය) ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන්නන් වශයෙන් සිටි බවද, තමන්ට විරුද්ධවම සාක්ෂි දරන්නාහ.
faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban aw kadhaba biāyātihi ulāika yanāluhum naṣībuhum mina l-kitābi ḥattā idhā jāathum rusulunā yatawaffawnahum qālū ayna mā kuntum tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi qālū ḍallū ʿannā washahidū ʿalā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīna
Word by word
- فَمَنْ faman Then who
- أَظْلَمُ aẓlamu (is) more unjust
- مِمَّنِ mimmani than (one) who
- ٱفْتَرَىٰ if'tarā invented
- عَلَى ʿalā against
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- كَذِبًا kadhiban a lie
- أَوْ aw or
- كَذَّبَ kadhaba denies
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ biāyātihi His Verses
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ulāika Those
- يَنَالُهُمْ yanāluhum will reach them
- نَصِيبُهُم naṣībuhum their portion
- مِّنَ mina from
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ l-kitābi the Book
- حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā until
- إِذَا idhā when
- جَآءَتْهُمْ jāathum comes to them
- رُسُلُنَا rusulunā Our messengers (Angels)
- يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ yatawaffawnahum (to) take them in death
- قَالُوٓا۟ qālū they say
- أَيْنَ ayna Where are
- مَا mā those (whom)
- كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to
- تَدْعُونَ tadʿūna invoke
- مِن min from
- دُونِ dūni besides
- ٱللَّهِ ۖ l-lahi Allah
- قَالُوا۟ qālū They say
- ضَلُّوا۟ ḍallū They strayed
- عَنَّا ʿannā from us
- وَشَهِدُوا۟ washahidū and they (will) testify
- عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā against
- أَنفُسِهِمْ anfusihim themselves
- أَنَّهُمْ annahum that they
- كَانُوا۟ kānū were
- كَـٰفِرِينَ kāfirīna disbelievers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Idolators enjoy Their destined Share in This Life, but will lose Their Supporters upon Death
Allah said,(Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Ayat) meaning, none is more unjust than whoever invents a lie about Allah or rejects the Ayat that He has revealed. Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said that,
(For such their appointed portion will reach them from the Book) refers to each person's deeds, alloted provisions and age. Similar was said by Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Allah said in similar statements,
(Verily, those who invent a lie against Allah, will never be successful. (A brief) enjoyment in this world! And then unto Us will be their return, then We shall make them taste the severest torment because they used to disbelieve.) 10:69-70 and,
(And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We shall inform them what they have done. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men). We let them enjoy for a little while.) 31:23-24. Allah said next,
(until when Our messengers come to them to take their souls.) Allah states that when death comes to the idolators and the angels come to capture their souls to take them to Hellfire, the angels horrify them, saying, "Where are the so-called partners (of Allah) whom you used to call in the life of this world, invoking and worshipping them instead of Allah Call them so that they save you from what you are suffering." However, the idolators will reply,
("They have vanished and deserted us") meaning, we have lost them and thus, we do not hope in their benefit or aid,
(And they will bear witness against themselves) they will admit and proclaim against themselves,
(that they were disbelievers.)