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Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 84

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿84﴾
Till, when they come (before their Lord at the place of reckoning), He will say: "Did you deny My Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) whereas you comprehended them not by knowledge (of their truth or falsehood), or what (else) was it that you used to do?"
حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā Until
إِذَا idhā when
جَآءُو jāū they come
قَالَ qāla He will say
أَكَذَّبْتُم akadhabtum Did you deny
بِـَٔايَـٰتِى biāyātī My Signs
وَلَمْ walam while not
تُحِيطُوا۟ tuḥīṭū you encompassed
بِهَا bihā them
عِلْمًا ʿil'man (in) knowledge
أَمَّاذَا ammādhā or what
كُنتُمْ kuntum you used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna do

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84-1. That is, you did not even try to understand the arguments of My Oneness and invitation, and without this, you continued to deny My signs.

84-2. Because of this, you did not get the opportunity to reflect upon My words.