سُوْرَةُ السَّجْدَةِ
Surah As-Sajda (32) — Ayah 12
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if you only could see when the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) shall hang their heads before their Lord (saying): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back (to the world), that we will do righteous good deeds. Verily! We now believe with certainty."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
تَرَىٰٓ
tarā
you (could) see
إِذِ
idhi
when
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
l-muj'rimūna
the criminals
نَاكِسُوا۟
nākisū
(will) hang
رُءُوسِهِمْ
ruūsihim
their heads
عِندَ
ʿinda
before
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
أَبْصَرْنَا
abṣarnā
we have seen
وَسَمِعْنَا
wasamiʿ'nā
and we have heard
فَٱرْجِعْنَا
fa-ir'jiʿ'nā
so return us
نَعْمَلْ
naʿmal
we will do
صَـٰلِحًا
ṣāliḥan
righteous (deeds)
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
مُوقِنُونَ
mūqinūna
(are now) certain
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If only you could see when the criminals will hang their heads before their Lord, (saying), "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so send us back that we may do righteous deeds [13]. Now we are certain."
[13] Their demand is also completely futile because human beings were given intellect and understanding so that, by using them, they would believe in Allah and the Day of the Hereafter, and this is the meaning of faith in the unseen. And this is what is required from humans. Then, when a person has seen everything with his own eyes, his faith becomes compelled, not by choice. Nor can it be called faith in the unseen. At this point, their demand is not answered, whereas in another place this answer is given: that sending them back to the world is not Allah’s way; however, even if, for the sake of argument, We were to send them back to the world, they would do the same deeds as they did before. These people would again become infatuated with the world and its allurements just as they were before, and would start their previous mischiefs once again.
[13] Their demand is also completely futile because human beings were given intellect and understanding so that, by using them, they would believe in Allah and the Day of the Hereafter, and this is the meaning of faith in the unseen. And this is what is required from humans. Then, when a person has seen everything with his own eyes, his faith becomes compelled, not by choice. Nor can it be called faith in the unseen. At this point, their demand is not answered, whereas in another place this answer is given: that sending them back to the world is not Allah’s way; however, even if, for the sake of argument, We were to send them back to the world, they would do the same deeds as they did before. These people would again become infatuated with the world and its allurements just as they were before, and would start their previous mischiefs once again.
