قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
qālū bal lam takūnū mu'minīna
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As-Saffat · verse 29 of 182
Surah As-Saffat, verse 29
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5 words1قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
2بَلbalNay
3لَّمْlamnot
4تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou were
5مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers
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Read the whole surahوَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا طَـٰغِينَ
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ ۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].