وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقۡسِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُواْ غَيۡرَ سَاعَةٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُواْ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٥٥
And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
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وَيَوۡمَ And (the) Day wayawma تَقُومُ will (be) established taqūmu ٱلسَّاعَةُ the Hour l-sāʿatu يُقۡسِمُ will swear yuq'simu ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ the criminals l-muj'rimūna مَا not mā لَبِثُواْ they remained labithū غَيۡرَ but ghayra سَاعَةٖۚ an hour sāʿatin كَذَٰلِكَ Thus kadhālika كَانُواْ they were kānū يُؤۡفَكُونَ deluded yu'fakūna Tafsir On the day judgement shall occur, the criminals will swear that had not been in their graves except a very short period of time. Likewise they were deluded in the world by denying the truth.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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