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Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 64

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وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿64﴾
And it will be said (to them): "Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allâh)", and they will call upon them, but they will give no answer to them, and they will see the torment. (They will then wish) if only they had been guided!
وَقِيلَ waqīla And it will be said
ٱدْعُوا۟ id'ʿū Call
شُرَكَآءَكُمْ shurakāakum your partners
فَدَعَوْهُمْ fadaʿawhum And they will call them
فَلَمْ falam but not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ yastajībū they will respond
لَهُمْ lahum to them
وَرَأَوُا۟ wara-awū and they will see
ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ l-ʿadhāba the punishment
لَوْ law If only
أَنَّهُمْ annahum [that] they
كَانُوا۟ kānū had been
يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna guided

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.

64-1. That is, seek help from them, just as you used to do in the world—will they help you? So they will call out, but who there will have the courage to say, "Yes, we will help you"?

64-2. That is, they will be convinced that all of us are going to become fuel for Hell.

64-3. That is, after seeing the punishment, they will wish that if only they had adopted the path of guidance in the world, then today they would have been saved from this fate. (وَيَوْمَ يَقُوْلُ نَادُوْا شُرَكَاۗءِيَ الَّذِيْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّوْبِقًا 52؀ وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوْٓا اَنَّهُمْ مُّوَاقِعُوْهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا 53؀) 18. Al-Kahf: 53-52) this subject has also been mentioned.