Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 33 Al-Ahzab, Ayat 66-68

يَوۡمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوۡهُهُمۡ فِى النَّارِ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ يٰلَيۡتَـنَاۤ اَطَعۡنَا اللّٰهَ وَاَطَعۡنَا الرَّسُوۡلَا‏ ﴿33:66﴾ وَقَالُوۡا رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّاۤ اَطَعۡنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَاَضَلُّوۡنَا السَّبِيۡلَا‏ ﴿33:67﴾ رَبَّنَاۤ اٰتِهِمۡ ضِعۡفَيۡنِ مِنَ الۡعَذَابِ وَالۡعَنۡهُمۡ لَعۡنًا كَبِيۡرًا‏  ﴿33:68﴾

(33:66) On that Day when their faces shall be turned around in the Fire, they will say: “Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.” (33:67) They will say: “Our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they turned us away from the Right Way. (33:68) Our Lord, mete out to them a double chastisement and lay upon them a mighty curse.”117

Notes

117. This thing has been stated at several places in the Quran. For instance, see (Surah Al-Aaraf: Ayat 187); (Surah An-Naziyat: Ayats 42-46); (Surah Saba: Ayats 3-5); (Surah Al- Mulk: Ayats 24-27); (Surah Al-Mutaffifin: Ayats 10-17); (Surah AI-Hijr: Ayats 2-3); (Surah Al-Furqan: Ayats 27-29); (Surah Ha Mim As-Sajdah: Ayats 26-29).