قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey sayqālū
- تِلۡكَThistil'ka
- إِذٗاthenidhan
- كَرَّةٌ(would be) a returnkarratun
- خَاسِرَةٞlosingkhāsiratun
Tafsir
They say: “If we are returned, that return will be a loss, and the person returning will be defrauded.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran