Meccan·Surah 23

المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu'minun — Ayah 38

The Believers

118 Ayahs·Verse 23:38
23:38

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."

Context in Surah Al-Mu'minun

Nearby ayahs help place verse 23:38 in sequence and meaning.

۞ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَـٰدِمِينَ

[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."