قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"
qāla awsaṭuhum alam aqul lakum lawlā tusabbiḥūna
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Al-Qalam · verse 28 of 52
Surah Al-Qalam, verse 28
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7 words1قَالَqālaSaid
2أَوْسَطُهُمْawsaṭuhum(the) most moderate of them
3أَلَمْalamDid not
4أَقُلaqulI tell
5لَّكُمْlakumyou
6لَوْلَاlawlā'Why not
7تُسَبِّحُونَtusabbiḥūnayou glorify (Allah)?'
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Read the whole surahفَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Rather, we have been deprived."
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.