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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 31

سورة القلم، الآية ٣١

68:31 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 565 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:31

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ۝٣١

Transliteration

qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ṭāghīna

Translation

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

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Verse 31 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:31), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 565 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 31

Al-Mukhtasar

They said, regretfully, “How much we have lost! Indeed, we transgressed the limits by depriving the poor of their rights.”

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Other translations of verse 31

They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressors.

They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were Tâghûn (transgressors and disobedient)

They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!

Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:

They said, "O woe to us! Surely we were inordinate.

Verse 31 word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. يَٰوَيْلَنَآ yāwaylanā O woe to us
  3. إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
  4. كُنَّا kunnā [we] were ك و ن
  5. طَٰغِينَ ṭāghīna transgressors ط غ ي

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  • Al-Anbya 21:14

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

  • Al-Anbya 21:46

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

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