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Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 222

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تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
Tanazzalu AAal a kulli aff a kin atheem in
They descend upon all sinful self-deceivers97
  - Mohammad Asad

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.

They descend on every slandering sinner.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They descend upon every sinful liar,
  - Mustafa Khattab
They descend on every sinful, false one.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
They descend on every lying wicked person
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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