قَـٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "ஒரு சொற்ப காலம் தவிர (பூமியில் அதிகம்) நீங்கள் தங்கவில்லை. நீங்கள் (இதை) அறிந்திருந்தால்!" என்று (இறைவன்) கூறுவான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹලා ස්වල්ප කාලයක් මිස රැඳී නො සිටියෙහු ය. නියත වශයෙන් ම නුඹලා දැන සිටියාහු නම් යැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اللہ تعالیٰ فرمائے گا فی الواقع تم وہاں بہت ہی کم رہے ہو اے کاش! تم اسے پہلے ہی سے جان لیتے؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは仰せられよう。「あなたがたの滞在は束の間に過ぎない，あなたがたが（このことを）知っていたならば
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：你们只逗留了很少的年月，假若你们知道。
Tafsir of 23:114
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)
