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Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Alaq Verse 16

Al-'Alaq [96]: 16 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۚ (العلق : ٩٦)

nāṣiyatin
نَاصِيَةٍ
A forelock
kādhibatin
كَٰذِبَةٍ
lying
khāṭi-atin
خَاطِئَةٍ
sinful

Transliteration:

Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiyah (QS. al-ʿAlaq̈:16)

English / Sahih Translation:

A lying, sinning forelock. (QS. Al-'Alaq, ayah 16)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

a lying, sinful forelock.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

a lying, sinful forelock.[[ This refers to the frontal lobe of the brain, where reasoning is processed. ]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

a lying, sinful forelock.

A. J. Arberry

a lying, sinful forelock.

Abdul Haleem

his lying, sinful forehead.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A forelock, lying, sinning.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A lying, sinful forelock!

Abul Ala Maududi

by the lying forelock steeped in sin.

Ahmed Ali

By the lying, the sinful forelock.

Ahmed Raza Khan

A forelock that lies, is sinful.

Ali Quli Qarai

a lying, sinful forelock!

Ali Ünal

A lying, sinful forelock!

Amatul Rahman Omar

A lying, sinful forelock!

English Literal

A lying/denying/falsifying, sinning/erring/wronging forehead/forehead`s hair.

Faridul Haque

A forelock that lies, is sinful.

Hamid S. Aziz

The lying sinful forelock!

Hilali & Khan

A lying, sinful forelock!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Then let him summon his council,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

A lying, sinful forehead.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

The lying, sinful forelock -

Muhammad Sarwar

his lying sinful forelock.

Qaribullah & Darwish

a lying, sinful forelock.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

A lying, sinful forehead!

Wahiduddin Khan

his lying, sinful forelock.

Talal Itani

A deceitful, sinful forelock.

Tafsir jalalayn

a lying, iniquitous forelock! (nsiyatin; an indefinite noun substituting for a definite) -- the description of this [forelock] in such terms is meant figuratively, and what is actually meant is that individual.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

A lying, sinful forehead!

meaning, the forehead of Abu Jahl is lying in its statements and sinful in its actions.

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