Quran 37:28 — As-Saaffaat, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They will say, ‘You came to us from a position of power.’
قَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ
qālū innakum kuntum tatūnanā ʿani l-yamīni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- These say, 'Why, you of old would come to us from the right hand.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Some [of them] will say: “Behold, you were wont to approach us [deceptively] from the right!”
- Sahih International
- They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They will say | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 3 | كُنتُمْkuntum | [you] used (to) | كون |
| 4 | تَأْتُونَنَاtatūnanā | come (to) us | أتي |
| 5 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 6 | ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni | the right | يمن |