Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 5

Al-A'raaf · Ayah 5 · View Ayah
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(No plea) words (had they, when Our terror) Our punishment which destroyed them (came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers) idolaters.

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And their only plea their only words when Our might came upon them was to say ‘We were evildoers indeed’.

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