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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 46of 112

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌۭ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
مَّسَّتْهُمْmassathumtouches them
نَفْحَةٌۭnafḥatuna whiff
مِّنْminof
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say
يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Idolators are deceived by their long and luxurious Lives in this World, and the Explanation of the TruthAllah explains that they have been deceived and misled by the luxuries that they enjoy in this world and the long life that they have been given, so they believe that they are following something good.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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