Surah Al-Ahzab 33:66 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 66 / 73 · Page 427

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَالَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا

Word by Word

يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
تُقَلَّبُ
tuqallabu
will be turned about
وُجُوهُهُمْ
wujuhuhum
their faces
فِي
fi
in
النَّارِ
al-nari
the Fire
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
they will say
يَالَيْتَنَا
yalaytana
O we wish
أَطَعْنَا
ata'na
we (had) obeyed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَأَطَعْنَا
wa-ata'na
and obeyed
الرَّسُولَا
al-rasula
the Messenger!

Transliteration

Yawma tuqallabu wujoohuhum fin Naari yaqooloona yaa laitanaaa ata'nal laaha wa ata'nar Rasoolaa

Translation

The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

On the Day of Judgement their faces will be turned in the hellfire, and they will say out of severe regret and remorse: “If only we obeyed Allah by doing what He commanded us to and refrained from the things He prohibited us from, and obeyed the Messenger in what he brought from his Lord!”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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