قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
(37:29) They will say: “Nay, you yourselves were not the ones who would believe.
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ
(37:30) We had no power over you. You were a rebellious people,
فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ
(37:31) and so we became deserving of the Word of our Lord that we shall
be made to suffer chastisement.
be made to suffer chastisement.
فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ
(37:32) So we led you astray; we ourselves were strayed.”9
فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ
(37:33) On that Day, they will all share the chastisement.0
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
(37:34) Thus do We treat the culprits.
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
(37:35) Whenever it was said to them: “There is no true deity apart from
Allah,” they waxed proud
Allah,” they waxed proud