Ibn Manẓūr explains:
"Afarā (أفرى)** a man** means: he blamed him.
Al-Firiyah (الفرية) refers to a lie.
Fara (فرى) means: he fabricated a lie, and Iftarā (افتراه): he invented it.
A man is described as Fari (فري) or Mufri (مفري) if he is notorious for lying.
Al-Firya is a fabrication, and Al-Farā (الفرى) (plural) are multiple lies.
Al-Farī (الفري) also refers to a great and astonishing matter.
The expression 'Fulān yafrī al-fary' (فلان يفري الفري) means: 'someone performs astonishing deeds.'
Fariytu (فريت): I became astonished and confused."
🔹 Reference: Lisān al-‘Arab, Ibn Manẓūr (15/154)
Al-‘Askarī defines:
"Ifterā' is to fabricate a lie against someone concerning something they would not accept."
🔹 Reference: Al-Furūq al-Lughawiyyah, Al-‘Askarī (1/449)
Al-Kafawī says:
"Ifterā' is the gravest form of lying.
It applies to fabricating what is impossible to exist — including what cannot be said or done."
🔹 Reference: Al-Kulliyāt, Abū al-Baqā' Al-Kafawī (1/449)
As-Suyūṭī defines:
"Ifterā' is the invention of a matter that has no basis."
🔹 Reference: Mu‘jam Maqālīd al-‘Ulūm, As-Suyūṭī (1/207)
Ibn Manẓūr mentions:
"Bahta (بهت) a man means:
- He accused him falsely of an act he never committed.
- Al-Buhtān (البهتان): Fabrication and false accusation.
- Bāhitah (بَاهتة): An instance of false accusation.
- Mubhut (مبهوت): One who is shocked and bewildered by a false accusation.
- Bahatahu (بهته): He confronted him suddenly with a lie, causing him confusion and astonishment."
🔹 Reference: Lisān al-‘Arab, Ibn Manẓūr (2/12-13)