( وقال الذين كفروا لن نؤمن بهذا القرآن ولا بالذي بين يديه ) يعني : التوراة والإنجيل ) ( ولو ترى ) يا محمد ( إذ الظالمون موقوفون ) محبوسون ( عند ربهم يرجع بعضهم إلى بعض القول ) يرد بعضهم إلى بعض القول في الجدال ( يقول الذين استضعفوا ) استحقروا وهم الأتباع ( للذين استكبروا ) وهم القادة والأشراف ( لولا أنتم لكنا مؤمنين ) أي : أنتم منعتمونا عن الإيمان بالله ورسوله .
Those who disbelieved in Allah said: “We will never believe in the Qur’ān which Muhammad claim is revealed to him nor will we ever believe in the previous divine books”. And if you were to see, O Messenger, when the wrongdoers are detained before their Lord on the day of judgment for the reckoning. They will dispute with one another, each one placing the responsibility and blame on the other. The subjects/citizens who were subdued will say to their leaders who oppressed them in this life: “If you had not led us astray, we would have been believers in Allah and His messengers”.