تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ Qur’an Ash-Shuara (26:222)Tanazzalu AAal a kulli aff a kin atheem in
The term affak, which literally denotes "a great [or "habitual"] liar", has here the meaning of "one who lies to himself": this is brought out in the next verse, which stresses the psychological fact that most of such self-deceivers readily lie to others as well.