Tafsir for verse: 7:5
فَمَا كَانَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَهُم بَأۡسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٥ ﴿5﴾
5So, when Our punishment came upon them, they could say nothing but cry, “We were wrongdoers indeed.”
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Commentary
So what was their calling? That is: their saying which they called upon. When Our punishment came to them, that is: with what We have of greatness, they only said: Indeed, we were, that is: with what We have of nature, wrongdoers. That is: in that we did not follow what was revealed to us from our Lord. So that did not benefit them anything other than intense regret.
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