سُوْرَةُ الْقَلَمِ

Surah Al-Qalam (68) — Ayah 26

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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿26﴾
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "Verily, we have gone astray."
فَلَمَّا falammā But when
رَأَوْهَا ra-awhā they saw it
قَالُوٓا۟ qālū they said
إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
لَضَآلُّونَ laḍāllūna (are) surely lost

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.

26. 1. That is, they saw the place of the garden as a heap of ashes or saw it destroyed and ruined. (1) That is, at first, they said to each other.