( وقيل ) للكفار : ( ادعوا شركاءكم ) أي : الأصنام لتخلصكم من العذاب ، ( فدعوهم فلم يستجيبوا لهم ) يجيبوهم ، ( ورأوا العذاب لو أنهم كانوا يهتدون ) وجواب " لو " محذوف على تقدير : لو أنهم كانوا يهتدون في الدنيا ما رأوا العذاب .
It will be said to them: “Call upon your partners so they can save you from the disgrace you are in”. They will then call their partners, but they will not respond to their call, and they will see the punishment prepared for them. If they had been amongst those guided to the truth, they would not have fallen into the punishment.