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وَّاَنَّهٗ كَانَ يَقُوْلُ سَفِيْهُنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ شَطَطًاۖ  ( الجن: ٤ )

wa-annahu
وَأَنَّهُۥ
And that he
kāna
كَانَ
used
yaqūlu
يَقُولُ
(to) speak -
safīhunā
سَفِيهُنَا
the foolish among us
ʿalā
عَلَى
against
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
shaṭaṭan
شَطَطًا
an excessive transgression

Wa annahoo kaana yaqoolu safeehunaa 'alal laahi shatataa (al-Jinn 72:4)

Sahih International:

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees] has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression. (Al-Jinn [72] : 4)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that the fools among us used to attribute to Allah extremely absurd things,