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Text Uthmani:

وَإِذۡ قَالَتۡ أُمَّةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوۡمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهۡلِكُهُمۡ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۖ قَالُواْ مَعۡذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَّقُونَ ١٦٤

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran:

When some of ˹the righteous among˺ them questioned ˹their fellow Sabbath-keepers˺, “Why do you ˹bother to˺ warn those ˹Sabbath-breakers˺ who will either be destroyed or severely punished by Allah?” They replied, “Just to be free from your Lord’s blame, and so perhaps they may abstain.”

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan:

And when a community among them said: "Why do you preach to a people whom Allâh is about to destroy or to punish with a severe torment?" (The preachers) said: "In order to be free from guilt before your Lord (Allâh), and perhaps they may fear Allâh."

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Word#	Text Uthmani	English Translation
1	وَإِذۡ	And when
2	قَالَتۡ	said
3	أُمَّةٞ	a community
4	مِّنۡهُمۡ	among them
5	لِمَ	Why
6	تَعِظُونَ	(do) you preach
7	قَوۡمًا	a people
8	ٱللَّهُ	(whom) Allah
9	مُهۡلِكُهُمۡ	(is going to) destroy them
10	أَوۡ	or
11	مُعَذِّبُهُمۡ	punish them
12	عَذَابٗا	(with) a punishment
13	شَدِيدٗاۖ	severe
14	قَالُواْ	They said
15	مَعۡذِرَةً	To be absolved
16	إِلَىٰ	before
17	رَبِّكُمۡ	your Lord
18	وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ	and that they may
19	يَتَّقُونَ	become righteous
20	١٦٤	(164)

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