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Surah Al-Jaathiya (45) — Ayah 31

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وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَـٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿31﴾
But as for those who disbelieved (it will be said to them): "Were not Our Verses recited to you? But you were proud, and you were a people who were Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals)."
وَأَمَّا wa-ammā But as for
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟ kafarū disbelieved
أَفَلَمْ afalam Then were not
تَكُنْ takun Then were not
ءَايَـٰتِى āyātī My Verses
تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā recited
عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum to you
فَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ fa-is'takbartum but you were proud
وَكُنتُمْ wakuntum and you became
قَوْمًۭا qawman a people
مُّجْرِمِينَ muj'rimīna criminals

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. This will be said to them as a reproach, because messengers had come to them, they had conveyed to them the commands of Allah, but they did not care at all.

31. 2. That is, you showed arrogance in accepting the truth and did not believe, rather you were indeed sinners.