بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَمۡرٖ مَّرِيجٍ ٥
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- بَلۡNaybal
- كَذَّبُواْthey deniedkadhabū
- بِٱلۡحَقِّthe truthbil-ḥaqi
- لَمَّاwhenlammā
- جَآءَهُمۡit came (to) themjāahum
- فَهُمۡso theyfahum
- فِيٓ(are) infī
- أَمۡرٖa stateamrin
- مَّرِيجٍconfusedmarījin
Tafsir
Rather, these idolaters rejected the Qur’ān when His Messenger brought it to them. They are in uncertainty regarding it; they cannot stay firm on anything regarding it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran