إِنَّمَا يَفۡتَرِي ٱلۡكَذِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ
It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge falsehood: it is they who lie
Only they invent falsehood who believe not Allah's revelations, and (only) they are the liars
It is only those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat who fabricate the falsehood, and it is they who are liars
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إنما يختلق الكذبَ مَن لا يؤمن بالله وآياته، وأولئك هم الكاذبون في قولهم ذلك. أما محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم المؤمن بربه الخاضع له فمحال أن يكذب على الله، ويقول عليه ما لم يقله.
Source: King Fahd Complex via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
{ إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ } أي: إنما يصدر افتراه الكذب من { الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ } كالمعاندين لرسوله من بعد ما جاءتهم البينات، { وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ } أي: الكذب منحصر فيهم وعليهم أولى بأن يطلق من غيرهم. وأما محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم المؤمن بآيات الله الخاضع لربه فمحال أن يكذب على الله ويتقول عليه ما لم يقل، فأعداؤه رموه بالكذب الذي هو وصفهم، فأظهر الله خزيهم وبين فضائحهم، فله تعالى الحمد.
Source: Saadi via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
ثم أخبر تعالى أن رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ليس بمفتر ولا كذاب لأنه إنما يفتري الكذب على الله وعلى رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم شرار الخلق "الذين لا يؤمنون بآيات الله" من الكفرة والملحدين المعروفين بالكذب عند الناس والرسول محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم كان أصدق الناس وأبرهم وأكملهم علما وعملا وإيمانا وإيقانا معروفا بالصدق في قومه لا يشك في ذلك أحد منهم بحيث لا يدعى بينهم إلا بالأمين محمد ولهذا لما سأل هرقل ملك الروم أبا سفيان عن تلك المسائل التي سألها من صفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان فيما قال له: هل كنتم تتهمونه بالكذب قبل أن يقول ما قال؟ قال لا فقال هرقل: فهل كان ليدع الكذب على الناس ويذهب فيكذب على الله عز وجل.
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الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ
(Verily, those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat,) Allah will not guide them, and theirs will be a painful punishment, meaning, the disbelievers and heretics who are known to the people as liars. The Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, on the other hand, was the most honest and righteous of people, the most perfect in knowledge, deeds, faith and conviction. He was known among his people for his truthfulness and no one among them had any doubts about that - to such an extent that they always addressed him as Al-Amin (the Trustworthy) Muhammad. Thus when Heraclius, the king of the Romans, asked Abu Sufyan about the attributes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of the things he said to him was, "Did you ever accuse him of lying before he made his claim" Abu Sufyan said, "No". Heraclius said, "He would refrain from lying about people and then go and fabricate lies about Allah"
Source: Ibn Kathir abridged via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
Only those invent falsehood who do not believe in God’s signs the Qur’an by saying that these are the words of a human and it is they who are the liars the emphasis is effected by way of repetition; wa-inna ‘and indeed’ and other combinations of inna are used in refutation of their saying ‘You are just a fabricator’ above Q. 16101.
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Sequence of Verses
In the previous verse (98), there was an instruction to say اَعُوذ بِاللہ 'a udhu bil-lah' (I seek protection with Allah) while reciting the Qur’ an which indicates that the Shaitan puts scruples in the heart when one recites the Qur'an. In the verses cited above, there is a refutation of such Satanic instigations.
Source: Maarif-ul-Quran via spa5k/tafsir_api · reference
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