Surah Al-Anbiya 21:14 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 14 / 112 · Page 323

قَالُوا يَاوَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
يَاوَيْلَنَا
yawaylana
O woe to us!
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed [we]
كُنَّا
kunna
we were
ظَالِمِينَ
zalimina
wrongdoers

Transliteration

Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

Translation

They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These wrongdoers who confessed to their sins said: “Woe and destruction for us. We were wrongdoers due to our disbelief in Allah”.

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

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