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Al-An'am 28

Ayah 28 of 165 · Meccan

بَلۡ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُخۡفُونَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلَوۡ رُدُّواْ لَعَادُواْ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ٢٨

But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. بَلۡNaybal
  2. بَدَاbecame manifestbadā
  3. لَهُمfor themlahum
  4. مَّاwhatmā
  5. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  6. يُخۡفُونَconcealyukh'fūna
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. قَبۡلُۖbeforeqablu
  9. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  10. رُدُّواْthey were sent backruddū
  11. لَعَادُواْcertainly they (would) returnlaʿādū
  12. لِمَاto whatlimā
  13. نُهُواْthey were forbiddennuhū
  14. عَنۡهُfrom itʿanhu
  15. وَإِنَّهُمۡand indeed theywa-innahum
  16. لَكَٰذِبُونَcertainly are liarslakādhibūna

Tafsir

Their saying that they would believe if sent back is a lie. Instead the statement that they used to keep hidden, which was ‘By Allah, we were not idolaters,’ has appeared to them when their limbs gave testimony against them. If they were supposedly sent back to the world, they would return to the disbelief and associating partners with Allah that they had been prohibited from. So they are lying in their promise that they will believe if they are sent back.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran