Surah Al-Ahzab 33:67 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 67 / 73 · Page 427

وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا

Word by Word

وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they will say
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord!
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
أَطَعْنَا
ata'na
[we] obeyed
سَادَتَنَا
sadatana
our chiefs
وَكُبَرَاءَنَا
wakubaraana
and our great men
فَأَضَلُّونَا
fa-adalluna
and they misled us
السَّبِيلَا
al-sabila
(from) the Way

Transliteration

Wa qaaloo Rabbanaaa innaaa ata'naa saadatanaa wa kubaraaa'anaa fa adalloonas sabeelaa

Translation

And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These people will come up with a false, weak excuse when they will say: “O our Lord! Indeed, we obeyed our leaders and the elders of our tribes and they led us astray from the straight path.”

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

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