وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَـٰسِقِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர்களில் பெரும்பாலோருக்கு வாக்குறுதியை (நிறைவேற்றும் தன்மை இருப்பதாக) நாம் காணவில்லை - அன்றியும் அவர்களில் பெரும்பாரோரைப் பாவிகளாகவே கண்டோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුන්ගෙන් බහුතරයක් දෙනා කිසියම් ප්රතිඥාවක සිටිනු අපි නො දුටුවෙමු. තවද අපි ඔවුන්ගෙන් බහුතරයක් දෙනා පාපකම් කරන්නන් ලෙස ම දුටුවෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور اکثر لوگوں میں ہم نے وفائے عہد نہ دیکھا اور ہم نے اکثر لوگوں کو بےحکم ہی پایا۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われはかれらの大部分の者に，契約を（忠実に）果す者を見いだすことが出来ない。寧ろかれらの大部分が確かに主の掟に背く者であることが分った。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我没有发现他们大半是履行约言的，我却发现他们大半是犯罪的人。
Tafsir of 7:102
تِلْكَ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ (Those were the towns that We relate to you) O Muhammad, مِنْ أَنبَآئِهَا (their story), and news, وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَتِ (And there came indeed to them their Messengers with clear proofs,) and evidences of the truth of what they brought them. Allah said in other Ayah, وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً (And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning).) 17:15, and, ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَآءِ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَهُمْ وَلَكِن ظَلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ (That is some of the news of the towns which We relate unto you; of them, some are standing, and some have been reaped. We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.) 11:100-101 Allah said فَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤْمِنُواْ بِمَا كَذَّبُواْ مِن قَبْلُ (but they were not such who would believe in what they had rejected before.) meaning they would not have later on believed in what the Messengers brought them, because they denied the truth when it first came to them (although they recognized it), according to the Tafsir of Ibn `Atiyyah.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
