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As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks)

Verse 35of 182

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوٓا۟kānūwere
إِذَاidhāwhen
قِيلَqīlait was said
لَهُمْlahumto them
لَآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnawere arrogant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The arguing of the Idolators on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that the disbeliever will blame one another in the arena of Resurrection, just as they will argue with one another in the levels of Hell:وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى النَّـارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْـبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيباً مِّنَ النَّارِ - قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ(The weak will say to those...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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