Surah Al-Mutaffifin — Verse 33

The Defrauding · 83:33 · 33/36

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

Wama orsiloo AAalayhim hafitheen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

though they were not sent to be their keepers-

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

while they were not sent as watchmen over them.

But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).

(they said so although) they had not been appointed watchers over them.