Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:116
Read Quran 16:116 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:116
And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues qualify (as clean or unclean), the falsehood: "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so that ye invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent a lie against Allah will not succeed.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
- Ayah
- 116 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:116
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:116
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 16:116-117 together.
تفسير الآيتين 116 و 117 :ـ { وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَذَا حَرَامٌ } أي: لا تحرموا وتحللوا من تلقاء أنفسكم، كذبا وافتراء على الله وتقولا عليه. { لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ } لا في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة، ولا بد أن يظهر الله خزيهم وإن تمتعوا في الدنيا فإنه { مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ } ومصيرهم إلى النار { وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ }