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As-Saffat 28

Ayah 28 of 182 · Meccan

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٨

They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., from our position of strength, oppressing us. Or from where we would have grasped the truth, preventing us.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُوٓاْThey will sayqālū
  2. إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
  3. كُنتُمۡ[you] used (to)kuntum
  4. تَأۡتُونَنَاcome (to) ustatūnanā
  5. عَنِfromʿani
  6. ٱلۡيَمِينِthe rightl-yamīni

Tafsir

The followers will say to the leaders, “O our seniors! You use to approach us in matters of religion and truth, and would beautify for us disbelief, ascribing partners with Allah and sins, while scaring us away from the truth that the messengers brought from Allah.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran