The Holy Quran 14:21 — Surah Ibrahim

Arabic text

وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَيْنَـٰكُمْ ۖ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَجَزِعْنَآ أَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِن مَّحِيصٍ

Translation

They (all of creation) will enter the presence of Allaah (on the Day of Qiyaamah). Then the weak (poor and uninfluential) ones will say to the proud ones (the influential ones who misled them in the world), "Indeed we were your followers (who followed you in the disobedience of Allaah), so (because of our loyalty to you) are you able to avert (remove) some of Allaah's punishment from us?" They (the leaders) will reply, " (How can we help you when we cannot help ourselves, However,) If Allaah guides us (to a way out of the punishment), we would guide you (out) as well. It makes no difference (now) whether we vent (express) our anxiety (pain) or we exercise patience (whatever we do will not help us). We have no escape." (Nothing can help us now.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

وخرجت الخلائق من قبورهم، وظهروا كلهم يوم القيامة لله الواحد القهار; ليحكم بينهم، فيقول الأتباع لقادتهم: إنَّا كنَّا لكم في الدنيا أتباعًا، نأتمر بأمركم، فهل أنتم -اليوم- دافعون عنا من عذاب الله شيئًا كما كنتم تَعِدوننا؟

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