"Were not My messages read out to you? But you denied them."
“Were not My verses recited to you, so you used to deny them?”
'What, were My signs not recited to you, and you cried them lies?'
[And God will say:] “Were not My messages conveyed unto you, and were you [not] wont to give them the lie?”
Have not My revelations been rehearsed unto you, and them ye have been belying?
"Were not My Verses (this Quran) recited to you, and then you used to deny them?"
“Were not My revelations recited to you, and you kept on rejecting them?”
"Are you not those to whom My revelations were recited, and you dubbed them as lies?"
"Were not My Ayat recited to you, and then you used to deny them"
(It will be said): Were not My revelations recited unto you, and then ye used to deny them?
‘Was it not that My signs were recited to you but you would deny them?’
(We shall say): 'Were My verses not recited to you, and did you not belie them'
[It will be said]. "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"
(They will be told), "Were Our revelations not recited to you and did you not call them lies?"
Were not My communications recited to you? But you used to reject them.
Alam takun <u>a</u>y<u>a</u>tee tutl<u>a</u> AAalaykum fakuntum bih<u>a</u> tuka<u>thth</u>iboon<b>a</b>
Were not My messages recited to you and did you not reject them?
"Were not My Signs rehearsed to you, and ye did but treat them as falsehood?"
أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
It will be said to rebuke them: “Were the verses of the Qur’ān not recited to you in the world but you used to deny them?”
It will be said to rebuke them: “Were the verses of the Qur’ān not recited to you in the world but you used to deny them?”
<h2 class="title">Rebuking the People of Hell, their admission of Their Wretchedness and their Request to be brought out of Hell</h2><p>This is a rebuke from Allah to the people of Hell for the disbelief, sins, unlawful deeds and evil actions that they committed, because of which they were doomed. Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَـتِى تُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ </div><p>("Were not My Ayat recited to you, and then you used to deny them") meaning, `I sent Messengers to you, and revealed Books, and cleared the confusion for you, so you have no excuse.' This is like the Ayat:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لِئَلاَّ يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ</div><p>(in order that mankind should have no plea against Allah after the Messengers) 4:165</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً</div><p>(And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger) 17:15.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كُلَّمَا أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ</div><p>(Every time a group is cast therein, its keeper will ask: "Did no warner come to you") Until His saying;</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَسُحْقًا لاًّصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ</div><p>(So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire!) They will say:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْماً ضَآلِّينَ</div><p>(Our Lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were (an) erring people.) meaning, evidence has been established against us, but we were so doomed that we could not follow it, so we went astray and were not guided. Then they will say:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَـلِمُونَ </div><p>(Our Lord! Bring us out of this. If ever we return (to evil), then indeed we shall be wrongdoers.) meaning, send us back to the world, and if we go back to what we used to do before, then we will indeed be wrongdoers who deserve punishment. This is like the Ayat:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَاعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَى خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ</div><p>(Now we confess our sins, then is there any way to get out) Until His statement:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَالْحُكْمُ للَّهِ الْعَلِـىِّ الْكَبِيرِ</div><p>(So the judgment is only with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great!") 40:11-12 meaning, there will be no way out, because you used to associate partners in worship with Allah whereas the believers worshipped Him Alone.</p>
Rebuking the People of Hell, their admission of Their Wretchedness and their Request to be brought out of HellThis is a rebuke from Allah to the people of Hell for the disbelief, sins, unlawful deeds and evil actions that they committed, because of which they were doomed. Allah says:أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَـتِى تُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ("Were not My Ayat recited to you, and then you used to deny them") meaning, `I sent Messengers to you, and revealed Books, and cleared the confusion for you, so you have no excuse.' This is like the Ayat:لِئَلاَّ يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ(in order that mankind should have no plea against Allah after the Messengers) 4:165وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً(And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger) 17:15.كُلَّمَا أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ(Every time a group is cast therein, its keeper will ask: "Did no warner come to you") Until His saying;فَسُحْقًا لاًّصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ(So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire!) They will say:رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْماً ضَآلِّينَ(Our Lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were (an) erring people.) meaning, evidence has been established against us, but we were so doomed that we could not follow it, so we went astray and were not guided. Then they will say:رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَـلِمُونَ (Our Lord! Bring us out of this. If ever we return (to evil), then indeed we shall be wrongdoers.) meaning, send us back to the world, and if we go back to what we used to do before, then we will indeed be wrongdoers who deserve punishment. This is like the Ayat:فَاعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَى خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ(Now we confess our sins, then is there any way to get out) Until His statement:فَالْحُكْمُ للَّهِ الْعَلِـىِّ الْكَبِيرِ(So the judgment is only with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great!") 40:11-12 meaning, there will be no way out, because you used to associate partners in worship with Allah whereas the believers worshipped Him Alone.