Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 28

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:28
37:28

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:28 in sequence and meaning.

بَلْ هُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُونَ

But they, that Day, are in surrender.

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will approach one another blaming each other.

قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

The oppressors will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍۭ ۖ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَـٰغِينَ

And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.