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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Taha 20:61

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

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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( قال لهم موسى ويلكم لا تفتروا على الله كذبا ) أي : لا تخيلوا للناس بأعمالكم إيجاد أشياء لا حقائق لها ، وأنها مخلوقة ، وليست مخلوقة ، فتكونوا قد كذبتم على الله ، ( فيسحتكم بعذاب ) أي : يهلككم بعقوبة هلاكا لا بقية له ، ( وقد خاب من افترى)

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