Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hijr, Ayah 2
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.
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Other Scholars on This Ayah
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Scholars offer complementary perspectives
It may be that read rubbamā or rubamā those who disbelieve on the Day of Resurrection when they witness their predicament and that of the Muslims will wish that they had been muslims rubba here is used to indicate ‘many’ since many of them will wish this; but it is also said to indicate ‘few’ since they will be so stupefied by the terrors that they will not come out of their stupor to wish such a thing except on a few occasions
Related Hadiths
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2239Hasan
'Perhaps there are those among them who are averse to it." He said: "They will be resurrected on their intentions."
Narrated by Umm Salamah narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) mentioned the army that the earth would swallow, so Umm Salamah said:
Sahih Muslim#6884Sahih
If ten scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth who would not embrace Islam.
Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(It may be that those who disbelieve) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an (wish ardently that they were Muslims) in this worldly life. He says: there may come a day when the disbeliever would wish that he was a Muslim. This is because when Allah takes out of hell whoever was a sincere believer and enters them into Paradise, the disbeliever wishes at that moment he had been a Muslim in this worldly life.