Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
Verse 113of 118
قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۢ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْعَآدِّينَ﴿١١٣﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
Word-by-word meaning
قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
لَبِثْنَاlabith'nāWe remained
يَوْمًاyawmana day
أَوْawor
بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
يَوْمٍۢyawmin(of) a day
فَسْـَٔلِfasalibut ask
ٱلْعَآدِّينَl-ʿādīnathose who keep count
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Allah tells them how much they wasted in their short lives in this world by failing to obey Allah and worship Him Alone.If they had been patient during their short stay in this world, they would have attained victory just like His pious close friends.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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