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Saba 33

Ayah 33 of 54 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ بَلۡ مَكۡرُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذۡ تَأۡمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكۡفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجۡعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادٗاۚ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ فِيٓ أَعۡنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ هَلۡ يُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٣

Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd will saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْwere oppressedus'tuḍ'ʿifū
  4. لِلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  5. ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْwere arrogantis'takbarū
  6. بَلۡNaybal
  7. مَكۡرُ(it was) a plotmakru
  8. ٱلَّيۡلِ(by) nightal-layli
  9. وَٱلنَّهَارِand (by) daywal-nahāri
  10. إِذۡwhenidh
  11. تَأۡمُرُونَنَآyou were ordering ustamurūnanā
  12. أَنthatan
  13. نَّكۡفُرَwe disbelievenakfura
  14. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  15. وَنَجۡعَلَand we set upwanajʿala
  16. لَهُۥٓfor Himlahu
  17. أَندَادٗاۚequalsandādan
  18. وَأَسَرُّواْBut they will concealwa-asarrū
  19. ٱلنَّدَامَةَthe regretl-nadāmata
  20. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  21. رَأَوُاْthey seera-awū
  22. ٱلۡعَذَابَۚthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  23. وَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We will putwajaʿalnā
  24. ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَshacklesl-aghlāla
  25. فِيٓonfī
  26. أَعۡنَاقِ(the) necksaʿnāqi
  27. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  28. كَفَرُواْۖdisbelievedkafarū
  29. هَلۡWillhal
  30. يُجۡزَوۡنَthey be recompensedyuj'zawna
  31. إِلَّاexceptillā
  32. مَا(for) whatmā
  33. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  34. يَعۡمَلُونَdoyaʿmalūna

Tafsir

The followers who were oppressed by their leaders will say to their leaders who were arrogant to the truth: “But your scheming about us night and day stopped us from guidance, when you would order us to disbelieve in Allah and to worship creations besides Him”. And they will hide the regret over the disbelief they were on in this world when they see the punishment, and they will know they are going to be punished. And I will put chains on the necks of the disbelievers. They will not be given this reward except for what they used to do in the world, namely worshipping others besides Allah and committing sins.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran