سورة الصف، الآية ٣
كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ ٣
kabura maqtan ʿinda l-lahi an taqūlū mā lā tafʿalūna
Greatly hateful in the sight of Allāh is that you say what you do not do.
Verse 3 of Surah As-Saf (61:3), a Medinan surah, is in juz 28, on page 551 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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It is a most detested thing to Allah that you say what you do not do. It is only appropriate for a believer to be truthful with Allah, and for his actions to confirm his statements.
It is most loathsome to Allah that you say what you do not do.
Most hateful it is with Allâh that you say that which you do not do.
It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not.
Grievously odious is it in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not.
It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do.
Greatly detested (Literally: great is detesting) (is it) in the Reckoning of Allah, that you say what you do not perform. (i.e., occupants)
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ
Those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh without an authority having come to them - great is hatred [of them] in the sight of Allāh and in the sight of those who have believed. Thus does Allāh seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant tyrant.
