سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ

Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 90

The Believers · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 348

بَلْ أَتَيْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿90﴾
Nay, but We have brought them the truth (Islâmic Monotheism), and verily, they (disbelievers) are liars.
بَلْ bal Nay
أَتَيْنَـٰهُم ataynāhum We (have) brought them
بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi the truth
وَإِنَّهُمْ wa-innahum but indeed, they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَ lakādhibūna surely, (are) liars

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(Ayah 90) ➊ By { بَلْ اَتَيْنٰهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ : ’’اَلْحَقُّ‘‘} here is meant "truth," because in contrast {’’ لَكٰذِبُوْنَ ‘‘} is coming. The meaning of "complete" is derived from the definite article al, that is, we have not brought them false stories ({اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ}), but rather such truth in which there is no deficiency.

{ وَ اِنَّهُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَ :} means these people are certainly liars, in the matter that Allah has any partner, or that He has any son who possesses divine powers, or that anyone can compel Allah to accept their wishes, and they are also liars in saying that life after death is not possible, and their falsehood is proven by their own admissions mentioned above.

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90. Rather, We have brought them the truth, and surely they are liars [87].

[87] In the previous verses, the establishment of proof against the polytheists is completed by their admission of three things: On one hand, they admit that Allah Almighty is the owner of everything and all authority and power rests in His hands. This means that Allah is also the owner of their deities, and those deities are just as owned as the other things and creatures of the universe, and a owned being can never share in the authority of the owner. This is the truth that We have informed them of, and which they themselves admit. As for their verbal claims that their deities also possess some authority, even on the basis of their own admission, they are proven to be liars.