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Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 63

The letter Saad · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 457

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ ﴿63﴾
Did we take them as an object of mockery, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?"
أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ attakhadhnāhum Did we take them
سِخْرِيًّا sikh'riyyan (in) ridicule
أَمْ am or
زَاغَتْ zāghat has turned away
عَنْهُمُ ʿanhumu from them
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ l-abṣāru the vision

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(Ayah 63){ اَتَّخَذْنٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا … :} That is, now there are only two possibilities: either we were at fault that we kept mocking them unjustly, or they too are here somewhere in Hell, but our eyes have turned away from them, so we are not able to see them.

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63. 1 That is, in the world, where we were in error?
63. 2 Or are they also here somewhere with us, our eyes are not able to see them.

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"Did we take them in ridicule, or have our eyes missed them [63]?"

[63] That is, the chieftains and leaders will say among themselves: those people whom we used to consider lowly and inferior, what is the matter, we do not see them anywhere today. Now, there are only two possibilities: either they are somewhere here and hidden from our sight, or it is possible that we were mistaken in considering them lowly and mocking them, and in reality, they were good people and have been saved from this punishment.