ٱلصَّافَّات : ٢٩

  • قَالُواْ They will say
  • بَل Nay
  • لَّمۡ not
  • تَكُونُواْ you were
  • مُؤۡمِنِينَ believers
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
They, the ones who were followed, say, to them [the followers]: 'On the contrary! You were [simply] not believers, for it would only be true that we led you astray if you had actually been believers [in the first place] and then rejected faith and followed us.