سُوْرَةُ المُطَفِّفِيْنَ

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83) — Ayah 12

Defrauding · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 588

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾
And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allâh) the sinner!
وَمَا wamā And not
يُكَذِّبُ yukadhibu can deny
بِهِۦٓ bihi [of] it
إِلَّا illā except
كُلُّ kullu every
مُعْتَدٍ muʿ'tadin transgressor
أَثِيمٍ athīmin sinful

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12. And none denies it except every transgressor, sinner [7].

[7] That is, only a person who neither believes in Allah's perfect power, nor in His attribute of justice, nor in His wisdom, can deny the Day of Recompense. A person who believes in these attributes of Allah cannot possibly deny the Day of Resurrection. And when he no longer has certainty in the Day of Recompense, then he becomes emboldened to commit all kinds of sins.