Tafseer of Those drawn up in Ranks · As-Saaffaat · 37:151
Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,
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And His statement أَلا إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ إِفْكِهِمْ ("Indeed, out of their falsehood they claim"): the Exalted, whose remembrance is exalted, says: Indeed, these polytheists (mushrikīn) say, out of their mendacity, لَيَقُولُونَ وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ("truly: 'Allah has begotten,' and indeed, they are liars") (37:151–152) in this statement of theirs.
As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: أَلا إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ("Indeed, out of their falsehood they say"), he said: out of their mendacity.
