سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 5
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
No cry did they utter when Our Torment came upon them but this: "Verily, we were Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)".
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَمَا
famā
Then not
كَانَ
kāna
was
دَعْوَىٰهُمْ
daʿwāhum
their plea
إِذْ
idh
when
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
came to them
بَأْسُنَآ
basunā
Our punishment
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
كُنَّا
kunnā
were
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The meaning of { فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوٰىهُمْ: ’’دعويٰ‘‘} is both supplication and claim, that is, at that time they could do nothing except confess their sins, and they forgot their self-made allies, meaning their false deities, as well as all their claims, such as the claim that in the Hereafter they too would be among the favored ones. But what use could the confession of sin be to them at that time? When it was time to repent from sin, they remained heedless and asleep. The spontaneous utterance of these words from their mouths at such a time clearly shows that even before, this thought always remained in their minds that by committing shirk and denying Allah’s Messenger, they were committing injustice, but their arrogance and stubbornness did not allow them to admit it. See Surah Al-Anbiya (11 to 15) and Surah Al-Mu’min (85).
