Transliteration:( Bal kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fahum feee amrim mareej )
"But they have falsified the truth [7] when it came to them, so they are in a state of confusion [8]."
The "Truth" referred to in this verse could be Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself, his blessed miracles, the Holy Quran, or even the Day of Judgment.
Despite clear evidence, these people refused to accept the truth. They deliberately falsified the message, knowing the truth but choosing to deny it, showing their stubbornness and rejection of Allah's guidance.
The infidels were in a state of confusion because they could not consistently maintain a single view of the Prophet (PBUH).
At one time, they called him a poet, at another time a magician, and at yet another time a soothsayer. Their inconsistency in labeling the Prophet (PBUH) shows their rejection and lack of clarity in their beliefs.
The tafsir of Surah Qaf verse 5 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qaf ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 2 through 5.
(50:5) They gave the lie to the Truth when it came to them. So they are now in a state of great perplexity.[5]
5. In this brief sentence a vast subject has been compressed. It means: These people did not rest content only with expressing wonder and declaring the thing to be far removed from reason, but when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) presented his message of the truth, they denied it as falsehood without any hesitation. Its inevitable result was, and the same only could follow from it, that they do not agree on any one position with regard to the invitation and the Messenger who has presented it. Sometimes they brand him a poet, sometimes a sorcerer, and sometimes a madman. Sometimes they say that he is a magician and sometimes that he is bewitched. Sometimes they say that he has fabricated this thing by himself in order to establish his superiority. Therefore, leaving it aside, detailed reasoning is now being presented about the authenticity of the second thing which those people regarded as strange and far removed from reason and intellect.
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