Surah At-Tur 52:26 — translation and meaning

الطور · Verse 26 / 49 · Page 524

قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They will say
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
كُنَّا
kunna
[we] were
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
فِي
fi
among
أَهْلِنَا
ahlina
our families
مُشْفِقِينَ
mush'fiqina
fearful

Transliteration

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

Translation

They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They will respond to them: “We were, in the world amongst our families, fearful of Allah’s punishment.

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

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