The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف

al-Aḥqāf (The Sandhills)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

46:11
46:11

wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū li-lladhīna ʾāmanū law kāna khayran sabaqūnā ʾilayhi wa-ʾidh lam yahtadū bihī fa-sa-yaqūlūna hādhā ʾifkun qadīmun

The faithless say about the faithful, ‘Had it been [anything] good, they would not have taken the lead over us toward [accepting] it.’ And since they could not find the way to it, they will say, ‘It is an ancient lie.’

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