Look how they lied to themselves. And what they invented deserted them.
Al-An'am 6:24
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انْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
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Look how they lied to themselves. And what they invented deserted them.
Look how they lied about themselves, and the things they made up have disappeared from them.
See how they lie to themselves — and how the false gods they invented have abandoned them!
Look how they lied against themselves, and what they used to fabricate has deserted them.
Look how they lied to themselves. And what they invented has abandoned them.
Look how they lied to themselves. And what they invented has abandoned them.
See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.
Look! How they lie against themselves! But the (lie) which they invented will disappear from them.
See how they will lie against themselves, and all what they used to fabricate will vanish from them.
Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch.
See how they lie against themselves, and (how) the thing which they devised hath failed them!
See how they lie to themselves, and how those [the deities] they invented have deserted them.
Behold, how they will lie against themselves and how their forged deities will forsake them!
Look, how they forswear themselves, and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them!
Onthur kayfa kathaboo AAala anfusihim wadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yaftaroona