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  • أَتَّخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ Did we take them
  • سِخۡرِيًّا (in) ridicule
  • أَمۡ or
  • زَاغَتۡ has turned away
  • عَنۡهُمُ from them
  • ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ the vision
Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
Did we treat them mockingly? (read sukhriyyan, or sikhriyyan), did we use to deride them in [the life of] the world (the [final] yaa' [in sikhriyyaa] is attributive). In other words, are they missing? Or have [our] eyes missed them [here]?', so that we have not caught sight of them. Such [men] were the poor among the Muslims, like 'Ammaar [ibn Yaasir], Bilaal [al-Habashee], Suhayb [al-Roomee] and Salmaan [al-Faarisee].