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wa-man ʾaẓlamu mimmani ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban ʾaw qāla ʾūḥiya ʾilayya wa-lam yūḥa ʾilayhi shayʾun wa-man qāla sa-ʾunzilu mithla mā ʾanzala llāhu wa-law tarā ʾidhi ẓ-ẓālimūna fī ghamarāti l-mawti wa-l-malāʾikatu bāsiṭū ʾaydīhim ʾakhrijū ʾanfusakumu l-yawma tujzawna ʿadhāba l-hūni bi-mā kuntum taqūlūna ʿalā llāhi ghayra l-ḥaqqi wa-kuntum ʿan ʾāyātihī tastakbirūna
Who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah, or says, ‘It has been revealed to me,’ while nothing was revealed to him, and he who says, ‘I will bring the like of what Allah has sent down?’ Were you to see when the wrongdoers are in the throes of death, and the angels extend their hands [saying]: ‘Give up your souls! Today you shall be requited with a humiliating punishment because of what you used to attribute to Allah untruly, and for your being disdainful towards His signs.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 93
93. " And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah , or says: 'It has been revealed to me, ' while nothing has been revealed to him, and he who says: ' I will send down the like of what Allah has sent down '? And if you had seen when the unjust shall be in the agonies of death and the angels shall spread forth their hands, (saying) : 'Give up your souls! Today you shall be recompensed with a disgracing chastisement for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and (because) you used to behave with pride against His Signs."
In the former verses this fact was referred to that the prophethood of the Prophet (S) is ordained by Allah, and the Divine Book has been revealed to him, too. Now, this verse reproaches those pagans who rejected the Qur'an and claimed that they could bring the like of it. The verse says:
This sentence is a positive interrogation with a negative sense. It means that none is more unjust than the one who fabricates a falsehood against Allah and introduces himself a prophet while he has not such a rank. Or, he claims that the revelation has been sent down to him, while he has not been revealed to. It is far from the wisdom of Allah that He appoints a liar into messenger ship is claim is also a calmly and its meaning, therefore, is inside the previous sentence, but because of its importance, it has been mentioned separately.
Zujaj, a commentator, says that this sentence is an answer to those who had said that if they wanted they could deliver speech like the Qur'an. They claimed like that and they tried very hard and suffered a great deal of troubles and spent expenses with all the plots and devices they applied, to quench the light of the torch of Allah, but they could not manage it and the Lord completed His light. Some of the commentators have said that the purpose of this phrase is 'Abd-illah-ibn-Sa'd-ibn-'Abi Sarh whom once the Messenger of Allah told to write:
At this time, this phrase was uttered by the tongue of 'Abdillah that he said: "... So blessed be Allah, the best of creators." The Prophet (S) ordered that this sentence should be written, too, and he added that the verse was revealed in the same form from the side of Allah. After that event, 'Abd-illah-ibn-Sa'd apostatized and said that were Muhammad (S) truthful, whatever was sent down to him (S) would also be sent down to 'Abdillah. And, if he (S) is a liar, he ('Abdillah) could speak like him, too. After that, the Prophet of Islam (S) counted his blood permissible (to be shed).
If you see the transgressors while they are in the throes of death, or in the Hell Fire, and are entangled with the most grievous tortures and the angels of taking souls or the angels of punishment, extend their hands to take their souls, or to punish them, striking on their foreheads and faces, they tell them to save themselves from that entanglement, if they are able and they are right, then you will realize that they are involved in a painful chastisement.
Some of the commentators believe that the phrase means that the angels of taking souls, with the purpose of severity and threatening them, tell them to die, although the act of passing away is not of their job, it is the duty of the angels. Some other commentators say that taking in consideration that the verse is about the punishment in Hereafter; the purpose of the verse is that, on Resurrection Day, angels will tell them if they can they may deliver themselves from that punishment.
The verse concludes saying:
Explanations
1. The cultural injustice and claim of leadership from the side of some undue ones, is the greatest transgression.
2. Innovation in religion, which was also fulfilled by some of kalifs, is one of the extensions of fabricating falsehood against Allah.