Surah Taha, Ayah 61 (20:61)

طه

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ …

Quran 20:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 315 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:61
قَالَلَهُممُّوسَىٰوَيْلَكُمْلَاتَفْتَرُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًافَيُسْحِتَكُمبِعَذَابٍ ۖوَقَدْخَابَمَنِٱفْتَرَىٰ٦١
qāla lahum mūsā waylakum lā taftarū ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban fayus'ḥitakum biʿadhābin waqad khāba mani if'tarā

Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."(61)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaSaid
  2. لَهُمlahumto them
  3. مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
  4. وَيْلَكُمْwaylakumWoe to you
  5. لَاlā(Do) not
  6. تَفْتَرُوا۟taftarūinvent
  7. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  10. فَيُسْحِتَكُمfayus'ḥitakumlest He will destroy you
  11. بِعَذَابٍ ۖbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
  12. وَقَدْwaqadAnd verily
  13. خَابَkhābahe failed
  14. مَنِmaniwho
  15. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented

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