Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:76 — translation and meaning

الزخرف · Verse 76 / 89 · Page 495

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَكِن كَانُوا هُمُ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَمَا
wama
And not
ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ
zalamnahum
We wronged them
وَلَكِن
walakin
but
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
هُمُ
humu
themselves
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa maa zalamnaahum wa laakin kaanoo humuz zaalimeen

Translation

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I will not oppress them by entering them into the hellfire, rather they oppressed themselves by disbelieving.

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

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