Certainly the foolish among us say preposterous things of God.
‘And that the fool among us used to utter false exaggerations against Allah.’
The fool among us spoke against God outrage,
"'And [now we know] that the foolish among us were wont to say outrageous things about God,
And the foolish among us were wont to forge lie against Allah exceedingly.
'And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblis (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinns] used to utter against Allah that which was wrong and not right.
But the fools among us used to say nonsense about God.
and that “the foolish among us have been wont to say outrageous things about Allah”;
`And that the foolish among us used to utter against Allah that which was an enormity in falsehood.'
And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.
The foolish ones among us used to speak atrocious lies concerning Allah.
The ignorant fool among us has spoken outrageously against Allah,
And that our foolish one has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression.
The dimwit one (the devil) among us has been telling confused lies about God.
And that the foolish amongst us used to forge extravagant things against Allah:
Waannahu k<u>a</u>na yaqoolu safeehun<u>a</u> AAal<u>a</u> All<u>a</u>hi sha<u>t</u>a<u>ta</u><b>n</b>
And [now we know] that the foolish among us have been saying outrageous things about God.
'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا
And that Iblis made an errant statement about Allah by attributing a wife and child to Him, may He be glorified.
And that Iblis made an errant statement about Allah by attributing a wife and child to Him, may He be glorified.
<p>وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّـهِ شَطَطًا ﴿4﴾ وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَن لَّن تَقُولَ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّـهِ كَذِبًا ﴿5﴾</p><p>...and that the fools among us used to attribute to Allah extremely wrong things, and that we thought that the humans and the Jinn would never tell a lie about Allah, [ therefore, we had followed them in shirk under this impression ]. (72:5)</p><p>The word shatat means 'vile words, extravagant or exorbitant or enormous lies'. The word also means 'to transgress or act wrongfully, unjustly or exceed the legitimate bounds'. The believers from amongst Jinn used to put forward their excuse for being involved in disbelief and idolatry thus: The foolish people from amongst their nation uttered vile slander against Allah, whilst they did not think it possible for a human being or a Jinn to impute a lie to Allah. They were thus far caught up in the foolish people's vile words and committed kufr and shirk, but they had now heard the Qur'an and the reality had later opened up.</p>
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّـهِ شَطَطًا ﴿4﴾ وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَن لَّن تَقُولَ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّـهِ كَذِبًا ﴿5﴾...and that the fools among us used to attribute to Allah extremely wrong things, and that we thought that the humans and the Jinn would never tell a lie about Allah, [ therefore, we had followed them in shirk under this impression ]. (72:5)The word shatat means 'vile words, extravagant or exorbitant or enormous lies'. The word also means 'to transgress or act wrongfully, unjustly or exceed the legitimate bounds'. The believers from amongst Jinn used to put forward their excuse for being involved in disbelief and idolatry thus: The foolish people from amongst their nation uttered vile slander against Allah, whilst they did not think it possible for a human being or a Jinn to impute a lie to Allah. They were thus far caught up in the foolish people's vile words and committed kufr and shirk, but they had now heard the Qur'an and the reality had later opened up.