Al-Hijr 15:2 ربما يود الذين كفروا لو كانوا مسلمين ٢

رُّبَمَا

يَوَدُّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

لَوۡ

كَانُواْ

مُسۡلِمِينَ

How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allâh’s Will in Islâm i.e. Islâmic Monotheism - this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].¹

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Al-Hijr was revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been Muslims

We have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. Allah said:

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ

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Al-Hijr was revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

The Disbelievers will

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Chapter 15, Page 262, Juz 14

2. How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allâh’s Will in Islâm i.e. Islâmic Monotheism - this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise]. 3. Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know! 4. And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it. 5. No nation can advance its term, nor delay it. 6. And they say: "O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur’ân) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man! 7. "Why do you not bring angels to us if you are of the truthful?" 8. We send not the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment), and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite! 9. Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur’ân) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption). 10. Indeed, We sent (Messengers) before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) amongst the sects (communities) of old. 11. And never came a Messenger to them but they did mock at him. 12. Thus do We let it (polytheism and disbelief) enter the hearts of the Mujrimûn [criminals, polytheists and pagans (because of their mocking at the Messengers)]. 13. They would not believe in it (the Qur’ân); and already the example of (Allâh’s punishment of) the ancients (who disbelieved) has gone forth. 14. And even if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they were to keep on ascending thereto (all the day long) 15. They would surely say (in the evening): "Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled (we have not seen any angel or heaven). Nay, we are a people bewitched."

- Al-Hilali & Khan