سورة الفُرقان
Surah Al-Furqân 25:4
The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 4 of 77
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا إِفْكٌ افْتَرَاهُ وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَاءُوا ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
But those who disbelieve say, `This (Qur´ân) is nothing but a big lie which he (- the false claimant to Prophethood) has forged and other people have helped him in this,´ (by) so (saying) they have perpetrated a great injustice and a big falsehood.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
But the misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood.
Ahmed Ali
Yet the unbelievers say: "This is nothing but a lie he has concocted in which others have aided him." They have come down to mischief and lies.
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Ali Unal
Those who disbelieve say: "This (Qur’an) is but a fabrication which he (Muhammad) himself has invented, and some others have helped him with it, so they have produced a wrong and a falsehood."
Daryabadi
And those who disbelieve, say. this is naught but a falsehood thathe hath fabricated and there have assisted him therein other people. so surelythey have aimed at a wrong and a fraud.
Faridul Haque
And the disbelievers said, “This is nothing but a slur he has fabricated and others have helped him upon it”; so indeed the disbelievers have stooped to injustice and lie.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie, which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it. So indeed they have brought an iniquity and a falsehood.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And those who disbelieve say, `It is naught but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him with it.' Indeed, they have perpetrated a great injustice and a great falsehood.
Muhammad Asad
Moreover, those who are bent on denying the truth are wont to say, "This (Qur'an] is nothing but a lie which he (himself) has devised with the help of other people: who thereupon have perverted the truth and brought a falsehood into being."
Muhammad Musin Khan
Those who disbelieve say: "This (the Qur'an) is nothing but a lie that he (Muhammad SAW) has invented, and others have helped him at it, so that they have produced an unjust wrong (thing) and a lie."
Muhammad Pickthall
Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.
Muhammad Sarwar
The unbelievers say, "This (Quran) is no more than a slanderous statement which h,e (Muhammad), with the help of some other people, has falsely invented." Certainly, this statement is unjust and sinful.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.
Rashad Khalifa
Those who disbelieved said, "This is a fabrication that he produced, with the help of some other people." They have uttered a blasphemy and a falsehood.
Shabbir Ahmed
Those who oppose the truth say, “This (Qur’an) is a lie that he has devised with the help of other people.” Wrong is what they do and falsehood is what they utter.
Commentary 25:4-5 These verses refute the allegation that the Qur’ân is a forgery (إِفْكٌ افْتَرَاهُ) and that the Prophet (pbuh) had requested some stories of the…
On 25:4–5
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا إِفْكٌ افْتَرَاهُ وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَاءُوا ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا﴿٤﴾ وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
25:4-5 These verses refute the allegation that the Qur’ân is a forgery (إِفْكٌ افْتَرَاهُ) and that the Prophet (pbuh) had requested some stories of the ancients to be written down by certain people who then assisted him in doing so. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) had acquired an untarnished reputation of trustworthiness and truthfulness among the people, and to now brand him a liar or an impostor was out of question. It was against his nature to lie, and followers and foes alike had born unanimous testimony to his honesty and integrity. Charging truth with being a forgery is a great injustice. Thus, indeed have they brought a perversion of the truth. It also remains unanswered where he would find the unnamed, alleged helpers (16:103) who supposedly assisted him in producing a book that aimed the axe at the root of the very beliefs, which his contemporaries held so dear. Mere stories would not have such a profound impact on peoples hearts as the Holy Book: Divine Revelation has always brought about Transformation in peoples lives. The words, “He Who knows the secrets has revealed this,” (25:6) area testimony to this, because the Holy Qur’ân contains many secrets of the heavens and the earth that were known to Allâh alone and could not have been unveiled through mere human efforts. Moreover, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was “Ummi,” that is, he had no knowledge about the Books of contemporary religions. The verse is also proof that the Holy Qur’ân had already been “set down in writing” (اكْتَتَبَهَا) at the time of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). The verse records the testimony of the enemies of Islam that the Qur’ân was dictated to him and he had it written down or transcribed.