The Sovereignty
67. Al-Mulk
الملك
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67:10
وَقَالُوا
لَوْ
كُنَّا
نَسْمَعُ
أَوْ
نَعْقِلُ
مَا
كُنَّا
فِي
أَصْحَابِ
السَّعِيرِ
wa-qālū law kunnā nasmaʿu ʾaw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī ʾaṣḥābi s-saʿīri
And they will say, ‘Had we listened or applied reason, we would not have been among inmates of the Blaze.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"