Then they started blaming one another,
So they came towards each other, blaming.
And they advanced one upon another, blaming each other.
- and then they turned upon one another with mutual reproaches.
Then they turned to each other reproaching
Then they turned, one against another, in blaming.
Then they turned to one another, blaming one another.
Then they began to reproach one another.
Then they turned one against another, blaming.
Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.
And they came blaming one another.
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
Some of them started to blame others.
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Faaqbala baAA<u>d</u>uhum AAal<u>a</u> baAA<u>d</u>in yatal<u>a</u>wamoon<b>a</b>
Then they began to heap reproaches on each other.
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
So they began to go back on their words out of regret.
So they began to go back on their words out of regret.
<p>فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ (Then, (at the beginning,) they started reproaching one another; 68:30). That is to say, at the beginning they made admission of guilt, but then they turned to face each other in mutual accusation, blaming each other for the punishment that visited them, whereas the crime was not committed by only a single person from among them, but it was committed jointly by all or most of them.</p><p>A note of caution</p><p>A common misdeed, in our days, is that when a calamity befalls a group of people due to their collective conduct, an additional scourge that befalls them is that, (instead of reforming themselves,) they start wasting their time in accusing each other.</p>
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ (Then, (at the beginning,) they started reproaching one another; 68:30). That is to say, at the beginning they made admission of guilt, but then they turned to face each other in mutual accusation, blaming each other for the punishment that visited them, whereas the crime was not committed by only a single person from among them, but it was committed jointly by all or most of them.A note of cautionA common misdeed, in our days, is that when a calamity befalls a group of people due to their collective conduct, an additional scourge that befalls them is that, (instead of reforming themselves,) they start wasting their time in accusing each other.