( قالوا ) يعني : الرؤساء للأتباع ، ( بل لم تكونوا مؤمنين ) لم تكونوا على الحق فنضلكم عنه ، أي : إنما الكفر من قبلكم .
The leaders will say to the followers: “The matter is not as you claim it is. Rather, you yourselves were upon disbelief and were not believers; you were the rejectors.”