سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ
Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 31
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who disbelieve say: "We believe not in this Qur’ân nor in that which was before it." But if you could see when the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) will be made to stand before their Lord, how they will cast the (blaming) word one to another! Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
لَن
lan
Never will
نُّؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
we believe
بِهَـٰذَا
bihādhā
in this
ٱلْقُرْءَانِ
l-qur'āni
Quran
وَلَا
walā
and not
بِٱلَّذِى
bi-alladhī
in (that) which
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) before it
يَدَيْهِ ۗ
yadayhi
(was) before it
وَلَوْ
walaw
But if
تَرَىٰٓ
tarā
you (could) see
إِذِ
idhi
when
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers
مَوْقُوفُونَ
mawqūfūna
will be made to stand
عِندَ
ʿinda
before
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
يَرْجِعُ
yarjiʿu
will throw back
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَعْضٍ
baʿḍin
others
ٱلْقَوْلَ
l-qawla
the word
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
Will say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟
us'tuḍ'ʿifū
were oppressed
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
is'takbarū
were arrogant
لَوْلَآ
lawlā
If not
أَنتُمْ
antum
(for) you
لَكُنَّا
lakunnā
certainly we (would) have been
مُؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
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.
31. 1 Just like the Torah, Zabur, and Injil, etc.
31. 2 That is, in the world, these disbelievers and polytheists were companions of each other and, because of this association, were loving towards one another, but in the Hereafter, they will be enemies of each other and will blame one another.
31. 3 That is, in the world, these people, who follow the common way without thinking, will say to those leaders whom they followed in the world.
31. 4 That is, you were the ones who stopped us from following the prophets; if you had not done so, we would certainly have been among the believers.
31. 2 That is, in the world, these disbelievers and polytheists were companions of each other and, because of this association, were loving towards one another, but in the Hereafter, they will be enemies of each other and will blame one another.
31. 3 That is, in the world, these people, who follow the common way without thinking, will say to those leaders whom they followed in the world.
31. 4 That is, you were the ones who stopped us from following the prophets; if you had not done so, we would certainly have been among the believers.
