وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعۡنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠ ٦٧
And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, 1 and they led us astray from the [right] way.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Also interpreted to mean "our noble ones and our elders [i.e., distinguished scholars]."
Word by word Each word's meaning and sound
وَقَالُواْ And they will say waqālū رَبَّنَآ Our Lord rabbanā إِنَّآ Indeed, we innā أَطَعۡنَا [we] obeyed aṭaʿnā سَادَتَنَا our chiefs sādatanā وَكُبَرَآءَنَا and our great men wakubarāanā فَأَضَلُّونَا and they misled us fa-aḍallūnā ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠ (from) the Way l-sabīlā Tafsir These people will come up with a false, weak excuse when they will say: “O our Lord! Indeed, we obeyed our leaders and the elders of our tribes and they led us astray from the straight path.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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