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Surah Taha, Verse 61

سورة طه، الآية ٦١

20:61 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 315 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:61

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ ۝٦١

Transliteration

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

Translation

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]."

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Verse 61 of Surah Taha (20:61), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 315 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Moses said advising Pharaoh’s magicians: Beware, do not invent lies against Allah through the magic by means of which you deceive people, or He will eliminate you with a punishment from Him. Whoever invents lies against Allah is a loser.

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Other translations of verse 61

Moses said to them, “Woe to you, do not fabricate lies against Allah16, lest He exterminate you with a punishment. Those who fabricate lies are bound to fail.”

Notes

[16] By considering Allah’s miracles as magic.

Mûsâ (Moses) said to them: "Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allâh, lest He should destroy you completely by a torment. And surely, he who invents a lie (against Allâh) will fail miserably."

Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.

Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"

Musa said to them: Woe to you! do not forge a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you by a punishment, and he who forges (a lie) indeed fails to attain (his desire).

Musa said to them, "Woe to you! Do not fabricate a lie against Allah (or) then He will eradicate you with a torment; and whoever fabricates (a lie) is readily disappointed."

Verse 61 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla Said ق و ل
  2. لَهُم lahum to them
  3. مُّوسَىٰ mūsā Musa
  4. وَيْلَكُمْ waylakum Woe to you
  5. لَا lā (Do) not
  6. تَفْتَرُوا۟ taftarū invent ف ر ي
  7. عَلَى ʿalā against
  8. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  9. كَذِبًا kadhiban a lie ك ذ ب
  10. فَيُسْحِتَكُم fayus'ḥitakum lest He will destroy you س ح ت
  11. بِعَذَابٍ biʿadhābin with a punishment ع ذ ب
  12. وَقَدْ waqad And verily
  13. خَابَ khāba he failed خ ي ب
  14. مَنِ mani who
  15. ٱفْتَرَىٰ if'tarā invented ف ر ي

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