Surah Al-Mulk (الملك) • The Sovereignty

Quran 67:10

67:10

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

waqālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābi l-saʿīri

And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."

— Saheeh International

They will say, ‘If only we had listened, or reasoned, we would not be with the inhabitants of the blazing fire,’ and

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!"

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

Juz 29Page 562meccan

Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
لَوْlawIf
كُنَّاkunnāwe had
نَسْمَعُnasmaʿulistened
أَوْawor
نَعْقِلُnaʿqilureasoned
مَاmānot
كُنَّاkunnāwe (would) have been
فِىٓfīamong
أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze