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اَفْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَمْ بِهٖ جِنَّةٌ ۗبَلِ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِى الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلٰلِ الْبَعِيْدِ   ( سبإ: ٨ )

aftarā
أَفْتَرَىٰ
Has he invented
ʿalā
عَلَى
about
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
kadhiban
كَذِبًا
a lie
am
أَم
or
bihi
بِهِۦ
in him
jinnatun
جِنَّةٌۢۗ
(is) madness?"
bali
بَلِ
Nay
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
لَا
(do) not
yu'minūna
يُؤْمِنُونَ
believe
bil-ākhirati
بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
in the Hereafter
فِى
(will be) in
l-ʿadhābi
ٱلْعَذَابِ
the punishment
wal-ḍalāli
وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ
and error
l-baʿīdi
ٱلْبَعِيدِ
far

Aftaraa 'alal laahi kaziban am bihee jinnah; balil lazeena laa yu'minoona bil Aakhirati fil'azaabi waddad laalil ba'eed (Sabaʾ 34:8)

Sahih International:

Has he invented about Allah a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error. (Saba [34] : 8)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Has he forged a lie against Allah, or is there a madness in him?” No, but those who do not believe in the Hereafter are in torment and far astray from the right path.