Quran 34:31

Surah Saba, Verse 31

Juz 22 · Page 431 · Ruku 373 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ

Word by word

وَقَالَ waqāla And say ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve لَن lan Never will نُّؤْمِنَ nu'mina we believe بِهَـٰذَا bihādhā in this ٱلْقُرْءَانِ l-qur'āni Quran وَلَا walā and not بِٱلَّذِى bi-alladhī in (that) which بَيْنَ bayna (was) before it يَدَيْهِ ۗ yadayhi (was) before it وَلَوْ walaw But if تَرَىٰٓ tarā you (could) see إِذِ idhi when ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna the wrongdoers مَوْقُوفُونَ mawqūfūna will be made to stand عِندَ ʿinda before رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord يَرْجِعُ yarjiʿu will throw back بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum some of them إِلَىٰ ilā to بَعْضٍ baʿḍin others ٱلْقَوْلَ l-qawla the word يَقُولُ yaqūlu Will say ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ us'tuḍ'ʿifū were oppressed لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna to those who ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ is'takbarū were arrogant لَوْلَآ lawlā If not أَنتُمْ antum (for) you لَكُنَّا lakunnā certainly we (would) have been مُؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers

Transliteration

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lannu/mina bihatha alqur-ani wala billatheebayna yadayhi walaw tara ithi aththalimoonamawqoofoona AAinda rabbihim yarjiAAu baAAduhum ilabaAAdin alqawla yaqoolu allatheena istudAAifoolillatheena istakbaroo lawla antum lakunnamu/mineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن تمادي الكفار في طغيانهم وعنادهم وإصرارهم على عدم الإيمان بالقرآن وما أخبر به من أمر المعاد; ولهذا قال : ( وقال الذين كفروا لن نؤمن بهذا القرآن ولا بالذي بين يديه ) . قال الله تعالى متهددا لهم ومتوعدا ، ومخبرا عن مواقفهم الذليلة بين يديه في حال تخاصمهم وتحاجهم : ( يرجع بعضهم إلى بعض القول يقول الذين استضعفوا ) منهم وهم الأتباع ( للذين استكبروا ) وهم قادتهم وسادتهم : ( لولا أنتم لكنا مؤمنين ) أي : لولا أنتم تصدونا ، لكنا اتبعنا الرسل وآمنا بما جاءونا به .