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كَذَّبَ

كذب in the Quran

Meaning: They denied

كذب occurs 220 times in 199 verses across 62 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
220
Verses
199
Surahs
62

كَذَّبَ

Verb · 176 times

Meaning: They denied · Also translated as: and deny, you denied, they reject you, were rejected

Forms in the Quran

  • كَذَّبُوا۟ ×38
  • تُكَذِّبَانِ ×31
  • كُذِّبَ ×22
  • كُذِّبَتْ ×16
  • وَكَذَّبُوا۟ ×10
  • تُكَذِّبُونَ ×9
  • فَكَذَّبُوهُ ×8
  • وَكَذَّبَ ×5

كَذِب

Noun · 33 times

Meaning: the lie · Also translated as: [the] lie, to falsehood, to [the] falsehood, a lie

Forms in the Quran

  • كَذِبًا ×15
  • ٱلْكَذِبَ ×14
  • لِلْكَذِبِ ×2
  • كَذِبٍ ×1
  • كَذِبُهُۥ ×1

كَذَبَ

Verb · 11 times

Meaning: [they] lie · Also translated as: they lied, lie

Forms in the Quran

  • كَذَبُوا۟ ×5
  • يَكْذِبُونَ ×2
  • كَذَبَ ×2
  • فَكَذَبَتْ ×1
  • تَكْذِبُونَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

قد تقدم القول في الكذب مع الصدق ، وأنه يقال في المقال والفعال، قال تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿والله يشهد إن المنافقين لكاذبون﴾ [المنافقون: 1] أي لكاذبون في شهادتهم وقيل: كذبهم في اعتقادهم. وتقدم القول في الصاد أن الكذب غير الصدق.

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
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Verses with كذب

Verses 61–80 of 199

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    They stained his shirt With false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds Have made up a tale (That may pass) with you. (For me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, It is God (alone) Whose help can be sought"…

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:18
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    "But if it be that his shirt Is torn from the back, Then is she the liar, And he is telling the truth!"

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:27
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Respite will be granted) Until, when the apostles Give up hope (of their people) And (come to) think that they Were treated as liars, There reaches them Our help, And those whom We will Are delivered into safety. But never will be warded off Our punishment from those Who are in sin.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:110
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Companions of the Rocky Tract Also rejected the apostles:

    Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:80
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    They attribute to God What they hate (for themselves), And their tongues assert The falsehood that all good things Are for themselves: without doubt For them is the Fire, and they Will be the first to be Hastened on into it!

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:62
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is those who believe not In the Signs of God, That forge falsehood: It is they who lie!

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:105
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    And there came to them An Apostle from among themselves, But they falsely rejected him; So the Wrath seized them Even in the midst Of their iniquities.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:113
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    But say not—for any false thing That your tongues may put forth,— "This is lawful, and this Is forbidden," so as to ascribe False things to God. For those Who ascribe false things To God, will never prosper.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:116
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We refrain from sending The Signs, only because The men of former generations Treated them as false: We sent the She-camel To the Thamūd to open Their eyes, but they Treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs By way of terror (And warning from evil).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:59
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    No knowledge have they Of such a thing, nor Had their fathers. It is A grievous thing that issues From their mouths as a saying. What they say is nothing But falsehood!

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:5
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    "These our people have taken For worship gods other Than Him: why do they Not bring forward an authority Clear (and convincing) For what they do? Who doth more wrong Than such as invent A falsehood against God?

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:15
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Verily it has been revealed To us that the Penalty (Awaits) those who reject And turn away."

    Surah Taha, verse 20:48
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We showed Pharaoh All Our Signs, but he Did reject and refuse.

    Surah Taha, verse 20:56
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not Ye a lie against God, Lest He destroy you (at once) Utterly by chastisement: The forger must suffer Frustration!"

    Surah Taha, verse 20:61
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    We helped him against People who rejected Our Signs: Truly they were a people Given to Evil: so We Drowned them (in the Flood) All together.

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:77
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    If they treat thy (mission) As false, so did the Peoples Before them (with their Prophets),— The People of Noah, And ’Ad and Thamūd;

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:42
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    And the Companions Of the Madyan people; And Moses was rejected (In the same way). But I Granted respite to the Unbelievers, And (only) after that Did I punish them: But how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:44
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And for those who reject Faith And deny Our Signs, There will be a humiliating Punishment.

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:57
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Noah) said: "O my Lord! Help me: for that they Accuse me of falsehood!"

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:26
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    And the chiefs Of his people, who disbelieved And denied the Meeting In the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things Of this life, said: "He is No more than a man Like yourselves: he eats Of that of which ye eat, And drinks of what ye drink.

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:33