Surah Sad 38:62 — translation and meaning

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وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَى رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ الْأَشْرَارِ

Word by Word

وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they will say
مَا
ma
What (is)
لَنَا
lana
for us
لَا
la
not
نَرَى
nara
we see
رِجَالًا
rijalan
men
كُنَّا
kunna
we used (to)
نَعُدُّهُم
na'udduhum
count them
مِّنَ
mina
among
الْأَشْرَارِ
al-ashrari
the bad ones

Transliteration

Wa qaaloo ma lanaa laa naraa rijaalan kunnaa na'udduhum minal ashraar

Translation

And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And the arrogant transgressors will say: “Why do we not see with us in the fire men we used to consider in the world amongst the wretched who deserved punishment?

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

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