قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُوٓاْ أَنَحۡنُ صَدَدۡنَٰكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَكُمۖ بَلۡ كُنتُم مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣٢
Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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قَالَ Will say qāla ٱلَّذِينَ those who alladhīna ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ were arrogant is'takbarū لِلَّذِينَ to those lilladhīna ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُوٓاْ who were oppressed us'tuḍ'ʿifū أَنَحۡنُ Did we anaḥnu صَدَدۡنَٰكُمۡ avert you ṣadadnākum عَنِ from ʿani ٱلۡهُدَىٰ the guidance l-hudā بَعۡدَ after baʿda إِذۡ when idh جَآءَكُمۖ it had come to you jāakum بَلۡ Nay bal كُنتُم you were kuntum مُّجۡرِمِينَ criminals muj'rimīna Tafsir The leaders who were arrogant to the truth will say to the followers they oppressed: “Did we stop you from the guidance which Muhammad brought? No, but rather you were the wrongdoers and the people who were corrupt spreading immorality.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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