قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٩
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey will sayqālū
- بَلNaybal
- لَّمۡnotlam
- تَكُونُواْyou weretakūnū
- مُؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna
Tafsir
The leaders will say to the followers: “The matter is not as you claim it is. Rather, you yourselves were upon disbelief and were not believers; you were the rejectors.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran