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Surah 37. As-Saffat, Ayah 28

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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ Qur’an As-Saffat (37:28)
Q a loo innakum kuntum tatoonan a AAani alyameen i
Some [of them] will say: "Behold; you were wont to approach us [deceptively] from the right!"12
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

I.e., "claiming that what you were asking us to do was right and good". The idiomatic phrase "approaching one from the right" is more or less synonymous with "pretending to give a morally good advice", as well as "approaching another person from a position of power and influence" (Zamakhshari).

The followers will say to their leaders: "It was you who used to come at us from the right hand (right hand is a symbol of authority) and forced us towards the wrong way."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
The misled will say, 'It was you who deluded us away from what is right.'1
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab

 Other possible translations: 1. “It was you who used to pressure us.” 2. “It was you who tricked us in the name of the truth.” 3. “It was you who dissuaded us from doing good.” 4. “It was you who deceived us with false oaths.”

They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the right hand (of power and authority)!" 4052
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

This is the mutual recrimination of the sinners-those who sinned, against those whose instigation or evil example led them into sin. The misleaders in the life here below often used their power and influence to spread evil. The "right hand" is the hand of power and authority. Instead of using it for righteous purposes, they used it for evil-selfishly for their own advantage, and mischievously for the degradation of others.

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