YUNUS — Ayat 17
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
So who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allah or denies His signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed
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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَـتِهِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
17. So who does more wrong than he who forges a lie against Allah or denies His Ayat Surely, the criminals will never be successful! No one is more of a criminal or has commit ted greater wrong than such a person. Liars cannot
be confused with Prophets. Anyone who claims such a thing, whether lying or telling the t ruth,
will necessarily be supported by Allah with proofs and signs of his falsehood or t ruthfulness.
The dif ference between Muhammad and Musaylamah the liar, was clearer to those who met
both of them than the dif ference between forenoon and midnight when it is ext remely dark.
Those who are clear-sighted can dist inguish via signs and proofs between the t ruthfulness of
Muhammad and the falsehood of Musaylamah the liar, Saj ah and Al-Aswad Al-` Ansi. Abdullah
bin Salam said: "When Allah's Messenger arrived at Al-Madinah, people were scared away and I
was one of them. But when I saw him, I realized that his face could never be the face of a liar.
The first thing I heard f rom him was his statement :