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قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم ۖ بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaWill say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwho were oppressed
أَنَحْنُanaḥnuDid we
صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākumavert you
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَكُم ۖjāakumit had come to you
بَلْbalNay
كُنتُمkuntumyou were
مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Disbelievers have agreed in this World to deny the Truth,and how They will dispute with One Another on the Day ofResurrectionAllah tells us about the excessive wrongdoing and stubbornness of the disbelievers, and their insistence on not believing in the Holy Qur'an and what it tells them about the Resurrection.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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