قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْعَآدِّينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "ஒரு நாள் அல்லது ஒரு நாளின் சிறிது பாகம் நாங்கள் தங்கியிருந்திருப்போம். (இதைப்பற்றிக்) கணிப்பவர்களிடம் நீ கேட்பாயாக!" என்று அவர்கள் கூறுவார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- දිනක් හෝ දිනක කොටසක් අපි රැඳී සිටියෙමු. එහෙයින් නුඹ ගණන් කරන්නන්ගෙන් විමසනු යැයි ඔවුහු පවසති.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- وه کہیں گے ایک دن یا ایک دن سے بھی کم، گنتی گننے والوں سے بھی پوچھ لیجیئے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは申し上げよう。「わたしたちは一日か，一日の一部分滞在していました。勘定役（天使）に御問い下さい。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：我们逗留了一天，或者不足一天；请你问问能计算年月的（天神）吧。
Tafsir of 23:113
Allah tells them how much they wasted in their short lives in this world by failing to obey Allah and worship Him Alone. If they had been patient during their short stay in this world, they would have attained victory just like His pious close friends. قَلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ (He will say: "What number of years did you stay on earth") means, how long did you stay in this world قَالُواْ لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَآدِّينَ (They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account.") meaning, those who keep the records. قَالَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً (He will say: "You stayed not but a little...") meaning, it was only a short time, no matter how you look at it. لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ (if you had only known!) means, you would not have preferred the transient to the eternal, and treated yourself in this bad way, and earned the wrath of Allah in this short period. If you had patiently obeyed Allah and worshipped Him as the believers did, you would have attained victory just as they did.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
