وَقَالُواْ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالٗا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَشۡرَارِ ٦٢
And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 They are referring to the believers.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَالُواْAnd they (will) saywaqālū
- مَاWhat (is)mā
- لَنَاfor uslanā
- لَاnotlā
- نَرَىٰwe seenarā
- رِجَالٗاmenrijālan
- كُنَّاwe used tokunnā
- نَعُدُّهُمcount themnaʿudduhum
- مِّنَamongmina
- ٱلۡأَشۡرَارِthe bad onesl-ashrāri
Tafsir
And the arrogant transgressors will say: “Why do we not see with us in the fire men we used to consider in the world amongst the wretched who deserved punishment?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran