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Sura 82
Aya 9
9
كَلّا بَل تُكَذِّبونَ بِالدّينِ

Muhammad Asad

Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God's] Judgment!1
  • In view of the fact that the whole of this passage is addressed to "man" or "men" in general, and not merely to deniers of the truth, I believe that the expression "you give the lie" does not, in this context, necessarily imply a conscious denial of God's ultimate judgment but rather, a tendency inherent in most human beings to close one's mind - occasionally or permanently, as the case may be - to the prospect of having to answer before God for one's doings: hence my rendering, "you are tempted to give the lie".