سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 167
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَمَا هُم بِخَـٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿167﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who followed will say: "If only we had one more chance to return (to the worldly life), we would disown (declare ourselves as innocent from) them as they have disowned (declared themselves as innocent from) us." Thus Allâh will show them their deeds as regrets for them. And they will never get out of the Fire.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّبَعُوا۟
ittabaʿū
followed
لَوْ
law
(Only) if
أَنَّ
anna
[that]
لَنَا
lanā
for us
كَرَّةًۭ
karratan
a return
فَنَتَبَرَّأَ
fanatabarra-a
then we will disown
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
[from] them
كَمَا
kamā
as
تَبَرَّءُوا۟
tabarraū
they disown
مِنَّا ۗ
minnā
[from] us
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
يُرِيهِمُ
yurīhimu
will show them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
aʿmālahum
their deeds
حَسَرَٰتٍ
ḥasarātin
(as) regrets
عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ
ʿalayhim
for them
وَمَا
wamā
And not
هُم
hum
they
بِخَـٰرِجِينَ
bikhārijīna
will come out
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
1. In the Hereafter, the polytheists will regret the helplessness and disloyalty of their spiritual leaders and shrine custodians, but this regret will be of no benefit to them there. They will say, "If only we had repented from polytheism in the world."
