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Saba 31

Ayah 31 of 54 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِۗ وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَوۡقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ يَرۡجِعُ بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ لَوۡلَآ أَنتُمۡ لَكُنَّا مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣١

And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words...1 Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Having been left to the imagination, the conclusion of this sentence is estimated to be "...you would see a dreadful sight."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  4. لَنNever willlan
  5. نُّؤۡمِنَwe believenu'mina
  6. بِهَٰذَاin thisbihādhā
  7. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِQuranl-qur'āni
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. بِٱلَّذِيin (that) whichbi-alladhī
  10. بَيۡنَ(was) before itbayna
  11. يَدَيۡهِۗ(was) before ityadayhi
  12. وَلَوۡBut ifwalaw
  13. تَرَىٰٓyou (could) seetarā
  14. إِذِwhenidhi
  15. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  16. مَوۡقُوفُونَwill be made to standmawqūfūna
  17. عِندَbeforeʿinda
  18. رَبِّهِمۡtheir Lordrabbihim
  19. يَرۡجِعُwill throw backyarjiʿu
  20. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  21. إِلَىٰtoilā
  22. بَعۡضٍothersbaʿḍin
  23. ٱلۡقَوۡلَthe wordl-qawla
  24. يَقُولُWill sayyaqūlu
  25. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  26. ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْwere oppressedus'tuḍ'ʿifū
  27. لِلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  28. ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْwere arrogantis'takbarū
  29. لَوۡلَآIf notlawlā
  30. أَنتُمۡ(for) youantum
  31. لَكُنَّاcertainly we (would) have beenlakunnā
  32. مُؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

Those who disbelieved in Allah said: “We will never believe in the Qur’ān which Muhammad claim is revealed to him nor will we ever believe in the previous divine books”. And if you were to see, O Messenger, when the wrongdoers are detained before their Lord on the day of judgment for the reckoning. They will dispute with one another, each one placing the responsibility and blame on the other. The subjects/citizens who were subdued will say to their leaders who oppressed them in this life: “If you had not led us astray, we would have been believers in Allah and His messengers”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran