Surah Al-Qalam 68:29 — translation and meaning

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قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
سُبْحَانَ
sub'hana
Glory be
رَبِّنَا
rabbina
(to) our Lord!
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
كُنَّا
kunna
[we] were
ظَالِمِينَ
zalimina
wrongdoers

Transliteration

Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

Translation

They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They said, “Glory be to our Lord; indeed, we wronged ourselves when we decided to prevent the poor from the crops of our garden.”

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

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