The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 524
CH. 16 AN-NAHL PT. 14 has been invoked. But he who is driven by necessity, being neither disobedient nor exceeding the limit, then surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. 1916 وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ الْسِنَتُكُمُ And say not because of“. 117 your the falsehood which الْكَذِبَ هُذَا حَلَلٌ وَهُذَا حَرَامٌ tongues utter This is lawful لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ and this is unlawful, so as to forge a lie against Allah. Surely, يَفْتَرُوْنَ عَلَى اللهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ those who forge a lie against مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ Allah do not prosper. 1917 118. It is a brief enjoyment, and then they shall have a grievous punishment. 1918 1916. Commentary: "6:145. 3:198; 4:78. that if disbelievers do not desist from declaring things lawful or unlawful at See notes on vv. 2:169,174; 5:4; will, they will end by forging lies 6:119,120 & 146. 1917. Commentary: The opening sentence of the verse may have two interpretations: (a) "and say not on the basis of the falsehood which your tongues utter that this is lawful and this is unlawful"; (b) "and say not about the things which your tongues have falsely declared as lawful or unlawful that this is lawful and this is unlawful". The words "your tongues" mean, "the tongues of the chiefs of people", because it is the leaders who first utter lies; the common people only follow and imitate them. The verse means to say that it is the exclusive prerogative of God to declare things lawful or unlawful and against God. The words, those who forge a lie against Allah do not prosper, embody an infallible criterion by which the truth of a Prophet of God can be tested. A false claimant is a forger of lies against God and such a succeed in his mission. 1732 one can never 1918. Commentary: False claimants to Divine revelation may enjoy a limited respite but their life is sure to be cut short and before they have made any headway, they die an ignominious death. According to the Quran a person who falsely claims to have received Divine revelation and to have been entrusted with a Divine mission cannot enjoy a long respite-much less the period