Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:62

38:62

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ

waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ashrāri

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

— Saheeh International

They will say, ‘Why do we not see those we thought were bad

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they will say: "What is the matter with us that we see not men whom we used to count among the bad ones?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they (will) say
مَاmāWhat (is)
لَنَاlanāfor us
لَاlānot
نَرَىٰnarāwe see
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
كُنَّاkunnāwe used to
نَعُدُّهُمnaʿudduhumcount them
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلْأَشْرَارِl-ashrārithe bad ones