Surah Al-Ahzab

Quran 33:66

Read Quran 33:66 from Surah Al-Ahzab (The Clans) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 33:66

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا٦٦

On the day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they say: Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed His messenger!

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
33. Al-Ahzab (The Clans)
Ayah
66 of 73
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
33:66

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 33:66

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ } فيذوقون حرها، ويشتد عليهم أمرها، ويتحسرون على ما أسلفوا.{ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولاَ } فسلمنا من هذا العذاب، واستحققنا، كالمطيعين، جزيل الثواب. ولكن أمنية فات وقتها، فلم تفدهم إلا حسرة وندمًا، وهمًا، وغمًا، وألمًا.