Al-A'raf (The Heights)
Verse 5of 206
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ﴿٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
Word-by-word meaning
فَمَاfamāThen not
كَانَkānawas
دَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumtheir plea
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
بَأْسُنَآbasunāOur punishment
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
كُنَّاkunnāwere
ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Nations that were destroyedAllah said, وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا(And a great number of towns We destroyed.) for defying Our Messengers and rejecting them. This behavior led them to earn disgrace in this life, which led them to disgrace in the Hereafter.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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