الُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٩٧﴾

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

They will say while contending therein, "By Allah, we were truly in a manifest error, when we held you as equals with the Lord of all that exists.''

The weak ones among them will say to their arrogant leaders: `Verily, we were following you; can you avail us anything from the Fire!' Then they will realize that themselves are to blame and will say:

تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

By Allah, we were truly in a manifest error, when we held you as equals with the Lord of all that exists.

meaning, `we obeyed your commands as we should have obeyed the commands of the Lord of the all that exits, and we worshipped you along with the Lord of all that exits.'