Translation of the meanings Ayah 28 Surah Al-An‘ām - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 28

بَلۡ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُخۡفُونَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلَوۡ رُدُّواْ لَعَادُواْ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

(28) Nay, but what they used to hide^[1337] before was made to come all too true to them. If they were to return they would ˹only˺ backtrack to what they were forbidden from—indeed they are liars.

[1337] Their realization of the Truth of the Message (cf. Ibn al-Qayyim, ʿUddat al-Ṣābirīn, p. 186, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr). They knew for sure that it was true but nonetheless they denied it all the same: “They denied them ˹the Signs˺, in their wickedness and their pride, even though their souls acknowledged them as true. See how those who spread corruption met their end!” (27: 14).