Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 39
| وَقَالَتْ أُولَاهُمْ لِأُخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- qaalat 'olaa -hum li- 'ukhraa -hum fa- maa kaana la- -kum calay -naa min fad.l fa- dhoqo al- cadhaab bi- maa kuntum taksibon |
| Pickthall | : | And the first of them saith unto the last of them : Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn. |
| Asad | : | And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us!30 Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!" |
| Malik | : | Then the first will say to the last: "If we were to blame, you too, were no better than us; now taste the punishment of your misdeeds." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Then the first will say to the last: "see then! no advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did!" 1020 |
Note - 30I.e., "You went the wrong way, as we did, out of your own
free will, and you bear the same responsibility as we
do." Another possible interpretation is: "You are not
superior to us because you have learnt nothing from our
mistakes."
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Note - 1020Wrong-doers have really no sense of honour towards each
other. "Honour among thieves" is an exceptional, not an
ordinary, experience. In real life, guilt and crime are
apt to indulge in mean spite and bitter recriminations
against accomplices.
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