222تَنَزَّلُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ أَفّاكٍ أَثيمٍMuhammad AsadThey descend upon all sinful self-deceivers1The term affak which literally denotes "a great [or "habitual"] liar", has here the meaning of "one who lies to himself": this is brought out in the next verse. which Stresses the psychological fact that most of such self-deceivers readily lie to others as well.