فَمَا كَانَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَهُم بَأۡسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٥
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَمَاThen notfamā
- كَانَwaskāna
- دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡtheir pleadaʿwāhum
- إِذۡwhenidh
- جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum
- بَأۡسُنَآOur punishmentbasunā
- إِلَّآexceptillā
- أَنthatan
- قَالُوٓاْthey saidqālū
- إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
- كُنَّاwerekunnā
- ظَٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna
Tafsir
All they could do when the punishment came down on them was to admit that they had done wrong through their disbelief in Allah.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran