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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 2of 99

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

Word-by-word meaning

رُّبَمَاrubamāPerhaps
يَوَدُّyawadduwill wish
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
لَوْlawif
كَانُوا۟kānūthey had been
مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Al-Hijr was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been MuslimsWe have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. Allah said:رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(How much would those who disbelieved wish) Here Allah tells us that they will regret having lived in disbelief, and will wish that they had been Muslims in this world.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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