English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And on the day when the Hour shall arrive the guilty will swear that they tarried not save an hour — thus were they turned away from the right path.
English - Five Volume Translation
And on the day when the Hour shall arrive the guilty will swear that they tarried not save an hour—thus were they turned away from the right path.
Commentary:
The verse means to say that when the hour of the triumph of Islam arrives and disbelief suffers defeat, the disbelievers will realize to their mortification and sorrow that the time of their prosperity and glory was indeed very short. It was but an hour!
English - Short Commentary Translation
And on the day when the appointed Hour shall arrive, the guilty will swear that they tarried not save a brief period—thus are they turned away from the right path.
The hour of the triumph of Islam.