كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Kabura maqtan 'indal laahi an taqooloo maa laa taf'aloon
Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.
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2 ayahs in As-Saff are strongly about justice and honesty. This is one of them.
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It is greatly loathsome maqtan is for specification to God that you say an taqūlū constitutes the agent of the verb kabura ‘it is greatly’ what you do not do.
Related Hadiths
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: It is great treachery that you should tell your brother something and have him believe you when you are lying.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.
The Prophet. said, "The biggest of the great sins are: To join others in worship with Allah, to be
undutiful to one's parents, and to give a false witness." He repeated it thrice, or said, "....a false
statement," and kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop saying it. (See Hadith
No.7, Vol. 8)
The Prophet, said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah. And for that He has
forbidden the doing of evil actions (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) There is none who likes to be
praised more than Allah does."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is none having a greater sense of Ghira than Allah, and for that reason He
has forbidden shameful deeds and sins (illegal sexual intercourse etc.) And there is none who likes to
be praised more than Allah does." (See Hadith No. 147, Vol. 7)
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