Quran Quote  :  Allah said: 'What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you to do so?' He said: 'I am better than he. You created me from fire, and him You created from clay.' - 7:12

Quran-79:12 Surah An-naziat English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ

Transliteration:( Qaalu tilka izan karratun khaasirah. )

12. They say: "That return [5] back will be a total loss." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(12) They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."[1841] (Saheen International Translation)

Surah An-Naziat Ayat 12 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

5. Or, that again we have to earn the world there, or that we are rejectors of the Day of Judgement here, but if it were to be established then we would be punished. In any case this nonsensical prattle was in the form of jest; but what they uttered was true. Without doubt the Day of Judgement for them is a means of regret. Or, their objective was to show that if they were resurrected on the Day of Judgement, they would once again have to go through the process of childhood, prime of life and old age.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah An-Naziat verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Naziat ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 14.


Ala-Maududi

(79:12) They say: “That will then be a return with a great loss!”[4]


4. That is, when they were told that they would surely be raised back to life after death, they started mocking it, saying to one another: Well, if we have really to be restored to our former state of life, then we would certainly be doomed.

(12) They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."[1841]

[1841]- i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."

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