# Fe-Ra-Ye — فري (fry)

> Occurs in 60 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/fry

- **Meaning:** To cut/split/cleave, slander, fabricate (a lie).
- **Derived forms:** فَرِيّ (1) · مُفْتَر (1) · مُفْتَرُون (2) · مُفْتَرَيَٰت (1) · مُّفْتَرًى (2) · يَفْتَرِي (1) · ٱفْتِرَاء (2) · ٱفْتَرَىٰ (50)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "inventing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ اِلَّٓا اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَاتٍۖ وَغَرَّهُمْ ف۪ي د۪ينِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Thalika bi-annahum qaloo lantamassana annaru illa ayyamanmaAAdoodatin wagharrahum fee deenihim ma kanooyaftaroon

For it is that they say: “The Fire will not touch us save days numbered,” and what they invented has deluded them in their doctrine!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-24.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "fabricates"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَمَنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Famani iftara AAala Allahialkathiba min baAAdi thalika faola-ika humuathalimoon

And whoso invents a lie about God after that, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-94.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰٓ — if'tarā · "he has fabricated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ اَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِه۪ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرٰٓى اِثْماً عَظ۪يماً

Inna Allaha la yaghfiru anyushraka bihi wayaghfiru ma doona thalika limanyashao waman yushrik billahi faqadi iftaraithman AAatheema

God forgives not that a partnership be ascribed to Him, but He forgives other than that whom He wills; and whoso ascribes a partnership to God, he has invented a tremendous sin.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-48.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "they invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَكَفٰى بِه۪ٓ اِثْماً مُب۪يناً۟

Onthur kayfa yaftaroona AAalaAllahi alkathiba wakafa bihi ithman mubeena

See thou how they invent lies about God; and it suffices as an obvious sin.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-50.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "they invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَح۪يرَةٍ وَلَا سَٓائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَص۪يلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍۙ وَلٰكِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ma jaAAala Allahu min baheeratinwala sa-ibatin wala waseelatin walahamin walakinna allatheena kafarooyaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathibawaaktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

God appointed not any baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām — but those who ignore warning invent lies about God; and most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-103.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththababi-ayatihi innahu la yuflihu aththalimoon

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies His proofs? The wrongdoers are not successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-21.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Onthur kayfa kathabooAAala anfusihim wadalla AAanhum ma kanooyaftaroon

See thou how they will lie against themselves; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-24.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ قَالَ اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيَّ وَلَمْ يُوحَ اِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَنْ قَالَ سَاُنْزِلُ مِثْلَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُۜ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ ف۪ي غَمَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ بَاسِطُٓوا اَيْد۪يهِمْۚ اَخْرِجُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ الْهُونِ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ وَكُنْتُمْ عَنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw qala oohiyailayya walam yooha ilayhi shay-on waman qalasaonzilu mithla ma anzala Allahu walaw taraithi aththalimoona fee ghamaratialmawti walmala-ikatu basitooaydeehim akhrijoo anfusakumu alyawma tujzawna AAathabaalhooni bima kuntum taqooloona AAala Allahighayra alhaqqi wakuntum AAan ayatihitastakbiroon

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or says: “It has been revealed to me,” when nothing has been revealed to him, and who says: “I will send down the like of what God sent down”? And if thou couldst see when the wrongdoers are in the throes of death and the angels stretching out their hands: “Bring forth your souls; this day are you rewarded with the punishment of humiliation because you ascribed to God other than the truth, and waxed proud at His proofs!”[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-93.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "they invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُواًّ شَيَاط۪ينَ الْاِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوح۪ي بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُوراًۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

Wakathalika jaAAalna likullinabiyyin AAaduwwan shayateena al-insi waljinni yooheebaAAduhum ila baAAdin zukhrufa alqawlighurooran walaw shaa rabbuka ma faAAaloohu fatharhumwama yaftaroon

And thus have We appointed for every prophet an enemy — satans of servi and domini — instructing one another in the decoration of speech as delusion, (and had thy Lord willed, they would not have done it; so leave thou them and what they fabricate)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-112.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 137

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "they invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَث۪يرٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ قَتْلَ اَوْلَادِهِمْ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ د۪ينَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

Wakathalika zayyana likatheerin minaalmushrikeena qatla awladihim shurakaohumliyurdoohum waliyalbisoo AAalayhim deenahum walaw shaa Allahuma faAAaloohu fatharhum wama yaftaroon

And thus have their partners made fair to many among the idolaters the killing of their children, to bring them to ruin, and to obfuscate their doctrine for them. And had God willed, they would not have done it; so leave thou them and what they fabricate.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-137.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتِرَآءً — if'tirāan · "(as) an invention"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا هٰذِه۪ٓ اَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۘ لَا يَطْعَمُهَٓا اِلَّا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَاَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَاَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَيْهِۜ سَيَجْز۪يهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Waqaloo hathihi anAAamunwaharthun hijrun la yatAAamuhailla man nashao bizaAAmihim waanAAamun hurrimatthuhooruha waanAAamun la yathkuroonaisma Allahi AAalayha iftiraan AAalayhisayajzeehim bima kanoo yaftaroon

And they say: “These cattle and tilth are taboo; none is to eat them save whom we will,” — according to their claim — “and cattle whose backs are made unlawful,” and cattle over which they remember not the name of God, as an invention against Him; He will requite them for what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-138.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالُوا هٰذِه۪ٓ اَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۘ لَا يَطْعَمُهَٓا اِلَّا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَاَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَاَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَيْهِۜ سَيَجْز۪يهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Waqaloo hathihi anAAamunwaharthun hijrun la yatAAamuhailla man nashao bizaAAmihim waanAAamun hurrimatthuhooruha waanAAamun la yathkuroonaisma Allahi AAalayha iftiraan AAalayhisayajzeehim bima kanoo yaftaroon

And they say: “These cattle and tilth are taboo; none is to eat them save whom we will,” — according to their claim — “and cattle whose backs are made unlawful,” and cattle over which they remember not the name of God, as an invention against Him; He will requite them for what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-138.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 140

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتِرَآءً — if'tirāan · "inventing (lies)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَتَلُٓوا اَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهاً بِغَيْرِ  عِلْمٍ  وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللّٰهُ افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَد۪ينَ۟

Qad khasira allatheena qataloo awladahumsafahan bighayri AAilmin waharramoo ma razaqahumuAllahu iftiraan AAala Allahi qad dalloowama kanoo muhtadeen

They have lost, those who have foolishly killed their children without knowledge, and made unlawful what God provided them, as an invention about God; they have gone astray and were not guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-140.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمِنَ الْاِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِۜ قُلْ آٰلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ اَمِ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِ اَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ اَرْحَامُ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِۜ اَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَٓاءَ اِذْ وَصّٰيكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَاۚ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Wamina al-ibili ithnayni wamina albaqariithnayni qul aththakarayni harramaami alonthayayni amma ishtamalat AAalayhi arhamualonthayayni am kuntum shuhadaa ith wassakumuAllahu bihatha faman athlamu mimmaniiftara AAala Allahi kathiban liyudillaannasa bighayri AAilmin inna Allaha layahdee alqawma aththalimeen

“And of camels two and of oxen two––” Say thou: “Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? If what the wombs of the two females contain: — or if you were witnesses when God enjoined this upon you: — then who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, that he might lead people astray without knowledge? God guides not the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-144.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِه۪ۜ  اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَص۪يبُهُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْۙ قَالُٓوا اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَافِر۪ينَ

Faman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththababi-ayatihi ola-ika yanaluhum naseebuhummina alkitabi hatta itha jaat-humrusuluna yatawaffawnahum qaloo ayna makuntum tadAAoona min dooni Allahi qaloo dallooAAanna washahidoo AAala anfusihim annahum kanookafireen

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies His proofs? Those: there reaches them their portion of the Writ; when Our messengers come to them, to take them, they say: “Where is that to which you called besides God?” They will say: “They have strayed from us.” And they will bear witness against themselves that they were false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-37.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا تَأْو۪يلَهُۜ يَوْمَ يَأْت۪ي تَأْو۪يلُهُ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ نَسُوهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّۚ فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَٓاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَـنَٓا اَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ الَّذ۪ي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُۜ قَدْ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Hal yanthuroona illata/weelahu yawma ya/tee ta/weeluhu yaqoolu allatheenanasoohu min qablu qad jaat rusulu rabbina bilhaqqifahal lana min shufaAAaa fayashfaAAoo lanaaw nuraddu fanaAAmala ghayra allathee kunnanaAAmalu qad khasiroo anfusahum wadalla AAanhum makanoo yaftaroon

Look they save for the fulfilment thereof? The day the fulfilment thereof comes, those who had forgotten it before will say: “The messengers of our Lord came with the truth, so have we any intercessors that might intercede for us? Or will we be sent back that we might do other than what we did?” They will have lost their souls; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-53.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَيْنَا — if'taraynā · "we would have fabricated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

قَدِ افْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اِنْ عُدْنَا ف۪ي مِلَّتِكُمْ بَعْدَ اِذْ نَجّٰينَا اللّٰهُ مِنْهَاۜ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَعُودَ ف۪يهَٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّنَاۜ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماًۜ عَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۜ رَبَّـنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِح۪ينَ

Qadi iftarayna AAala Allahikathiban in AAudna fee millatikum baAAda ithnajjana Allahu minha wamayakoonu lana an naAAooda feeha illa an yashaaAllahu rabbuna wasiAAa rabbuna kulla shay-inAAilman AAala Allahi tawakkalna rabbanaiftah baynana wabayna qawmina bilhaqqiwaanta khayru alfatiheen

“We should have invented a lie about God if we returned to your creed after God has delivered us from it. It is not for us to return to it save if God our Lord should will. Our Lord encompasses all things in knowledge. In God have we placed our trust.” — “Our Lord, decide Thou between us and our people with justice, for Thou art the best of those who give decision.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-89.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ — l-muf'tarīna · "the ones who invent (falsehood)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُفْتَر۪ينَ

Inna allatheena ittakhathooalAAijla sayanaluhum ghadabun min rabbihim wathillatunfee alhayati addunya wakathalikanajzee almuftareen

(Those who took up the calf: there will reach them wrath from their Lord, and humiliation in the life of this world; and thus do We requite the forgers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-152.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Faman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththababi-ayatihi innahu la yuflihualmujrimoon

Then who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies His proofs? The lawbreakers are not successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-17.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُنَالِكَ تَبْلُوا كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَٓا اَسْلَفَتْ وَرُدُّٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَوْلٰيهُمُ الْحَقِّ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Hunalika tabloo kullu nafsin maaslafat waruddoo ila Allahi mawlahumu alhaqqiwadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroon

Thereupon will every soul prove what it did before; and they will be returned to God, their protector, the Truth; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-30.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْتَرَىٰ — yuf'tarā · "(it could be) produced"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ اَنْ يُفْتَرٰى مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَلٰكِنْ تَصْد۪يقَ الَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْص۪يلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۠

Wama kana hatha alqur-anuan yuftara min dooni Allahi walakin tasdeeqaallathee bayna yadayhi watafseela alkitabi larayba feehi min rabbi alAAalameen

And this Qur’an is not such as could be invented by other than God; but it is a confirmation of what is before it, and an exposition of the Writ about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of All Creation.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-37.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ — if'tarāhu · "He has invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِه۪ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul fa/toobisooratin mithlihi wadAAoo mani istataAAtum mindooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeen

If they say: “He invented it,” say thou: “Bring a sūrah the like thereof; and call whom you can besides God, if you be truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-38.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْتَرُونَ — taftarūna · "you invent (lies)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَجَعَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ حَرَاماً وَحَلَالاًۜ قُلْ آٰللّٰهُ اَذِنَ لَكُمْ اَمْ عَلَى اللّٰهِ تَفْتَرُونَ

Qul araaytum ma anzala Allahulakum min rizqin fajaAAaltum minhu haraman wahalalanqul allahu athina lakum am AAala Allahitaftaroon

Say thou: “Have you seen what God has sent down for you of provision, and you have made thereof lawful and unlawful?” Say thou: “Did God give you leave, or is it about God that you invent?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-59.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا ظَنُّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ۟

Wama thannu allatheenayaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathiba yawmaalqiyamati inna Allaha lathoo fadlinAAala annasi walakinna aktharahum layashkuroon

And what will those who invent lies about God think on the Day of Resurrection? God is bountiful to mankind, but most of them are not grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-60.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَۜ

Qul inna allatheena yaftaroona AAalaAllahi alkathiba la yuflihoon

Say thou: “Those who invent lies about God will not succeed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-69.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** افْتَرَاهُ ۖ — if'tarāhu · "He has fabricated it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ  قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِه۪ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul fa/toobiAAashri suwarin mithlihi muftarayatin wadAAoomani istataAAtum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeen

If they say: “He has invented it,” then say thou: “Then bring ten sūrahs the like thereof, invented; and call to whom you can, besides God, if you be truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-13.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍۢ — muf'tarayātin · "fabricated"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ  قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِه۪ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul fa/toobiAAashri suwarin mithlihi muftarayatin wadAAoomani istataAAtum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeen

If they say: “He has invented it,” then say thou: “Then bring ten sūrahs the like thereof, invented; and call to whom you can, besides God, if you be truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-13.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ الْاَشْهَادُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَبُوا عَلٰى رَبِّهِمْۚ اَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللّٰهِ عَلَى الظَّالِم۪ينَۙ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban ola-ika yuAAradoonaAAala rabbihim wayaqoolu al-ashhadu haola-iallatheena kathaboo AAala rabbihim alalaAAnatu Allahi AAala aththalimeen

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God? Those will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: “These are they who lied against their Lord.” In truth, the curse of God is upon the wrongdoers:

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-18.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "(to) invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena khasirooanfusahum wadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroon

Those are they who have lost their souls, and strayed from them is what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-21.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ — if'tarāhu · "He has invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ قُلْ اِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَعَلَيَّ اِجْرَام۪ي وَاَنَا۬ بَر۪ٓيءٌ مِمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ۟

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu faAAalayya ijramee waana baree-on mimmatujrimoon

(If they say: “He has invented it,” say thou: “If I have invented it, then upon me is my crime — but I am quit of what you commit.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-35.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ — if'taraytuhu · "I have invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ قُلْ اِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَعَلَيَّ اِجْرَام۪ي وَاَنَا۬ بَر۪ٓيءٌ مِمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ۟

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu faAAalayya ijramee waana baree-on mimmatujrimoon

(If they say: “He has invented it,” say thou: “If I have invented it, then upon me is my crime — but I am quit of what you commit.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-35.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْتَرُونَ — muf'tarūna · "inventors"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِلٰى عَادٍ اَخَاهُمْ هُوداًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ

Wa-ila AAadin akhahumhoodan qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu in antum illa muftaroon

And to ʿĀd, their brother Hūd. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; you are only inventing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-50.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** يُفْتَرَىٰ — yuf'tarā · "invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَقَدْ كَانَ ف۪ي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِۜ مَا كَانَ حَد۪يثاً يُفْتَرٰى وَلٰكِنْ تَصْد۪يقَ الَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْص۪يلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Laqad kana fee qasasihimAAibratun li-olee al-albabi ma kana hadeethanyuftara walakin tasdeeqa allatheebayna yadayhi watafseela kulli shay-in wahudan warahmatanliqawmin yu/minoon

There is in their story a lesson for men of understanding; it is not an invented narrative but a confirmation of what is before it, and an exposition of every thing, and guidance, and a mercy for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-111.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْتَرُونَ — taftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَص۪يباً مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْۜ تَاللّٰهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

WayajAAaloona lima layaAAlamoona naseeban mimma razaqnahum tallahilatus-alunna AAamma kuntum taftaroon

And they assign to what they know not a portion of what We have provided them. By God, you will be questioned about what you invented!

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-56.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَى اللّٰهِ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ السَّلَمَ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Waalqaw ila Allahi yawma-ithinassalama wadalla AAanhum ma kanooyaftaroon

And they will offer God submission, that day, but strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-87.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚ — muf'tarin · "(are) an inventor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذَا بَدَّلْـنَٓا اٰيَةً مَكَانَ اٰيَةٍۙ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha baddalna ayatanmakana ayatin wallahu aAAlamu bimayunazzilu qaloo innama anta muftarin bal aktharuhumla yaAAlamoon

And when We change by a proof the place of a proof; and God best knows what He sends down. They say: “Thou art but inventing.” The truth is, most of them know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-101.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرِى — yaftarī · "they invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

Innama yaftaree alkathibaallatheena la yu/minoona bi-ayati Allahiwaola-ika humu alkathiboon

— They but invent lies who believe not in the proofs of God — and it is they who are the liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-105.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ — litaftarū · "so that you invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَۜ

Wala taqooloo lima tasifualsinatukumu alkathiba hatha halalunwahatha haramun litaftaroo AAala Allahialkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona AAalaAllahi alkathiba la yuflihoon

And add not to what your tongues describe the lie: “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,” to invent lies about God; those who invent lies about God will not succeed:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-116.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَۜ

Wala taqooloo lima tasifualsinatukumu alkathiba hatha halalunwahatha haramun litaftaroo AAala Allahialkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona AAalaAllahi alkathiba la yuflihoon

And add not to what your tongues describe the lie: “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,” to invent lies about God; those who invent lies about God will not succeed:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-116.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** لِتَفْتَرِىَ — litaftariya · "that you invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۗ وَاِذاً لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layaftinoonaka AAani allatheeawhayna ilayka litaftariya AAalayna ghayrahuwa-ithan lattakhathooka khaleela

And they had almost seduced thee away from that We revealed to thee, that thou invent about Us other than it — and then would they have taken thee as a friend.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-73.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اٰلِهَةًۜ  لَوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍۜ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۜ

Haola-i qawmuna ittakhathoomin doonihi alihatan lawla ya/toona AAalayhim bisultaninbayyinin faman athlamu mimmani iftara AAalaAllahi kathiba

“These, our people, have taken up gods other than Him. Oh, that they but brought concerning them a clear authority!” And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-15.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** فَرِيًّۭا — fariyyan · "an amazing thing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَتَتْ بِه۪ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۜ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـٔاً فَرِياًّ

Faatat bihi qawmaha tahmiluhuqaloo ya maryamu laqad ji/ti shay-an fariyya

And she brought him to her people, bearing him. They said: “O Mary: thou hast done an unheard-of thing.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-27.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْتَرُوا۟ — taftarū · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسٰى وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍۚ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرٰى

Qala lahum moosa waylakum lataftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakumbiAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara

Moses said to them: “Woe to you! Invent not a lie against God lest He utterly destroy you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-61.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسٰى وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍۚ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرٰى

Qala lahum moosa waylakum lataftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakumbiAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara

Moses said to them: “Woe to you! Invent not a lie against God lest He utterly destroy you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-61.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ — if'tarāhu · "he (has) invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

بَلْ قَالُٓوا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍ بَلِ افْتَرٰيهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۚ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِاٰيَةٍ كَمَٓا اُرْسِلَ الْاَوَّلُونَ

Bal qaloo adghathu ahlaminbali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falya/tinabi-ayatin kama orsila al-awwaloon

“But,” — they say — “a confused medley of dreams; but he has invented it; but he is a poet. So let him bring us a proof like that sent to the former peoples!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-5.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "who (has) invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا رَجُلٌۨ افْـتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

In huwa illa rajulun iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban wama nahnulahu bimu/mineen

“He is only a man who invented a lie about God, and we will not believe him.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-38.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ — if'tarāhu · "he invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌۨ افْتَرٰيهُ وَاَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اٰخَرُونَۚۛ فَقَدْ جَٓاؤُ۫ ظُلْماً وَزُوراًۚۛ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hathailla ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhiqawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulmanwazoora

And those who ignore warning say: “This is only a falsehood; he invented it, and other people assisted him in it.” And they have brought injustice and falsehood.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-4.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** مُّفْتَرًۭى — muf'taran · "invented"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا ف۪ٓي اٰبَٓائِنَا الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Falamma jaahum moosabi-ayatina bayyinatin qaloo mahatha illa sihrun muftaran wamasamiAAna bihatha fee aba-inaal-awwaleen

And when Moses came to them with Our clear proofs, they said: “This is only invented sorcery. And we heard not of this among our fathers of old.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-36.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَنَزَعْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَه۪يداً فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ فَعَلِمُٓوا اَنَّ الْحَقَّ لِلّٰهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

WanazaAAna min kulli ommatinshaheedan faqulna hatoo burhanakumfaAAalimoo anna alhaqqa lillahi wadallaAAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroon

And We will take out from every community a witness and say: “Bring your evidence!” Then will they know that the truth belongs to God, and strayed from them will be what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-75.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "(to) invent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ اَثْقَالَهُمْ وَاَثْقَالاً مَعَ اَثْقَالِهِمْۘ وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ۟

Walayahmilunna athqalahumwaathqalan maAAa athqalihim walayus-alunna yawmaalqiyamati AAamma kanoo yaftaroon

And they will bear their loads — and loads besides their loads — and they will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-13.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُۜ اَلَيْسَ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththaba bilhaqqilamma jaahu alaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilkafireen

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies the truth when it comes to him? Is then there not in Gehenna a home for the false claimers of guidance?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-68.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۚ — if'tarāhu · "He invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً مَٓا اَتٰيهُمْ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu bal huwa alhaqqumin rabbika litunthira qawman ma atahum minnatheerin min qablika laAAallahum yahtadoon

If they say: “He has invented it,” the truth is: it is the truth from thy Lord, that thou warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, that they might be guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-3.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْتَرَىٰ — aftarā · "Has he invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَفْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَمْ بِه۪ جِنَّةٌۜ  بَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَع۪يدِ

Aftara AAala Allahi kathibanam bihi jinnatun bali allatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratifee alAAathabi waddalali albaAAeed

“He has invented a lie about God.” If he be possessed: the truth is, those who believe not in the Hereafter are in punishment and extreme error.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-8.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** مُّفْتَرًۭى ۚ — muf'taran · "invented"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ وَقَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌ مُفْتَرًىۜ وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۙ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qaloo ma hatha illarajulun yureedu an yasuddakum AAamma kanayaAAbudu abaokum waqaloo ma hathailla ifkun muftaran waqala allatheenakafaroo lilhaqqi lamma jaahum in hathailla sihrun mubeen

And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, they say: “This is only a man who wishes to turn you away from what your fathers served”; and they say: “This is only an invented falsehood.” And those who ignore warning say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is only obvious sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-43.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "He has invented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۚ فَاِنْ يَشَأِ اللّٰهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَۜ وَيَمْحُ اللّٰهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Am yaqooloona iftara AAala Allahikathiban fa-in yasha-i Allahu yakhtim AAalaqalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqualhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

If they say: “He has invented a lie about God,” — but if God wills, He will seal thy heart; and God eliminates vanity and establishes truth by His words; He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-24.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ — if'tarāhu · "He has invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ  قُلْ اِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ ل۪ي مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُف۪يضُونَ ف۪يهِۜ   كَفٰى بِه۪ شَه۪يداً بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْۜ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu fala tamlikoona lee mina Allahi shay-anhuwa aAAlamu bima tufeedoona feehi kafa bihishaheedan baynee wabaynakum wahuwa alghafooru arraheem

If they say: “He has invented it,” say thou: “If I have invented it, then you will not possess for me anything against God. He best knows what you say concerning it; sufficient is He as witness between me and you”; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-8.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ — if'taraytuhu · "I have invented it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, singular · past tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰيهُۜ  قُلْ اِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ ل۪ي مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُف۪يضُونَ ف۪يهِۜ   كَفٰى بِه۪ شَه۪يداً بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَكُمْۜ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu fala tamlikoona lee mina Allahi shay-anhuwa aAAlamu bima tufeedoona feehi kafa bihishaheedan baynee wabaynakum wahuwa alghafooru arraheem

If they say: “He has invented it,” say thou: “If I have invented it, then you will not possess for me anything against God. He best knows what you say concerning it; sufficient is He as witness between me and you”; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-8.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرُونَ — yaftarūna · "inventing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ قُرْبَاناً اٰلِهَةًۜ بَلْ ضَلُّوا عَنْهُمْۚ وَذٰلِكَ اِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Falawla nasarahumu allatheenaittakhathoo min dooni Allahi qurbanan alihatanbal dalloo AAanhum wathalika ifkuhum wama kanooyaftaroon

Oh, that there had but helped them those whom they had taken as gods, besides God, as a means of approach! Nay, they strayed from them; and that was their falsehood, and what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-28.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْتَرِينَهُۥ — yaftarīnahu · "they invent it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِذَا جَٓاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْن۪ينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْت۪ينَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَفْتَر۪ينَهُ بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِنَّ وَاَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْص۪ينَكَ ف۪ي مَعْرُوفٍ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu ithajaaka almu/minatu yubayiAAnaka AAalaan la yushrikna billahi shay-an walayasriqna wala yazneena wala yaqtulna awladahunnawala ya/teena bibuhtanin yaftareenahu baynaaydeehinna waarjulihinna wala yaAAseenaka feemaAAroofin fabayiAAhunna wastaghfir lahunna Allahainna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

O Prophet: when the believing women come to thee, swearing fealty to thee: — that they will not ascribe a partnership with God to anything; and they will not steal; and they will not commit unlawful sexual intercourse; and they will not kill their children; and they will not produce a calumny they have invented between their hands and their feet; and they will not disobey thee in what is fitting; — then accept thou their fealty, and ask thou God to forgive them; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-12.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱفْتَرَىٰ — if'tarā · "invents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْـكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعٰٓى اِلَى الْاِسْلَامِۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi alkathiba wahuwa yudAAaila al-islami wallahu layahdee alqawma aththalimeen

And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, when he is invited to submission? And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

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