Surah 30 Ar-Room — Ayah 56
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَٱلْإِيمَٰنَ لَقَدْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْبَعْثِ ۖ فَهَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْبَعْثِ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Men de som ble gitt kunnskap og tro, vil si: «Dere har hatt tid på dere, etter Guds bok, til oppstandelsens dag. Og dette er oppstandelsens dag, men dette visste dere ikke.»
waqāla alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma wal-īmāna laqad labith'tum fī kitābi l-lahi ilā yawmi l-baʿthi fahādhā yawmu l-baʿthi walākinnakum kuntum lā taʿlamūna
Word by word
- وَقَالَ waqāla But will say
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- أُوتُوا۟ ūtū were given
- ٱلْعِلْمَ l-ʿil'ma the knowledge
- وَٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ wal-īmāna and the faith
- لَقَدْ laqad Verily
- لَبِثْتُمْ labith'tum you remained
- فِى fī by
- كِتَـٰبِ kitābi (the) Decree
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- إِلَىٰ ilā until
- يَوْمِ yawmi (the) Day
- ٱلْبَعْثِ ۖ l-baʿthi (of) Resurrection
- فَهَـٰذَا fahādhā And this
- يَوْمُ yawmu (is the) Day
- ٱلْبَعْثِ l-baʿthi (of) the Resurrection
- وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْ walākinnakum but you
- كُنتُمْ kuntum were
- لَا lā not
- تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna knowing
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Ignorance of the Disbelievers in this World and in the Hereafter
Here Allah tells us of the ignorance of the disbelievers in this world and in the Hereafter. In this world they worship idols, and in the Hereafter they will also display great ignorance. They will swear by Allah that they did not even stay for one hour in this world. They will mean that there was not enough time given to establish proof against them which would leave them with no excuse. Allah says:
(thus were they ever deluded. And those who have been bestowed with knowledge and Faith will say: "Indeed you have stayed according to the decree of Allah, until the Day of Resurrection...") The believers who have knowledge of the Hereafter will respond to them, just as they established the proof of Allah against them in this world. When they swear that they did not stay even one hour in this world, they will say to them:
(Indeed you have stayed according to the decree of Allah,) meaning, the Book of deeds,
(until the Day of Resurrection;) means, `from the day when you were created until the day you were resurrected. '
(but you knew not.) Allah says:
(So, on that Day) meaning, the Day of Resurrection,
(no excuse of theirs will avail those who did wrong,) means, their excuses for what they did.
(nor will they be allowed (then) to return to seek (Allah's) pleasure.) means, they will not be allowed to return to this world. This is like the Ayah,
(and if they seek to please (Allah), yet they are not of those who will ever be allowed to please (Allah)) (41:24).