فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ
عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ
بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ
نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا
يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ
مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا
وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ
أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ
Who is more unjust
than one who invents
a lie against Allah or
rejects His Ayat
For such their appointed
portion will reach them
from the Book (of
Decrees) until Our
messengers (the angel of
death and his assistants)
come to them to take
their souls, they (the
angels) will say:
“Where are those whom
you used to invoke and
worship besides Allah,”
they will reply, “They
have vanished and
deserted us.” And they
will bear witness against
themselves, that they
were disbelievers.
Idolators enjoy Their destined Share in This Life, but will lose Their Supporters upon Death
Allah said,
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ
افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَـتِهِ
Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Ayat
meaning, none is more unjust than whoever invents a lie about Allah or rejects the Ayat that He has revealed. Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said that,
أُوْلَـئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ الْكِتَـبِ
For such their appointed portion will reach them from the Book
refers to each person’s deeds, alloted provisions and age. Similar was said by Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Allah said in similar statements,
قُلْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ – مَتَـعٌ فِى الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ الْعَذَابَ الشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ
Verily, those who invent a lie against Allah, will never be successful. (A brief) enjoyment in this world! And then unto Us will be their return, then We shall make them taste the severest torment because they used to disbelieve. (Yunus 69-70)
and,
وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلاً
And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We shall inform them what they have done. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men). We let them enjoy for a little while. (Luqman 23-24)
Allah said next,
حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ
until when Our messengers come to them to take their souls
Allah states that when death comes to the idolators and the angels come to capture their souls to take them to Hellfire, the angels horrify them, saying, “Where are the so-called partners (of Allah) whom you used to call in the life of this world, invoking and worshipping them instead of Allah Call them so that they save you from what you are suffering.” However, the idolators will reply,
ضَـلُّواْ عَنَّا
“They have vanished and deserted us”
meaning, we have lost them and thus, we do not hope in their benefit or aid,
وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ
And they will bear witness against themselves
they will admit and proclaim against themselves,
أَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ كَـفِرِينَ
that they were disbelievers.