سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 62
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ﴿62﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they will say: "What is the matter with us that we see not men whom we used to count among the bad ones?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they (will) say
مَا
mā
What (is)
لَنَا
lanā
for us
لَا
lā
not
نَرَىٰ
narā
we see
رِجَالًۭا
rijālan
men
كُنَّا
kunnā
we used to
نَعُدُّهُم
naʿudduhum
count them
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْأَشْرَارِ
l-ashrāri
the bad ones
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.
62. 1. By "اَ شْرَار" is meant the poor believers, such as Ammar, Janab, Bilal, Sulaiman and others (may Allah be pleased with them). The chiefs of Makkah, out of malice, used to call them bad people, and even now, the people of falsehood label those who follow the truth as fundamentalists, terrorists, extremists, etc.
