﴿ قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ﴾

“[To which] the others will reply: “Nay, you yourselves were bereft of all faith!”

They the ones who were followed say to them the followers ‘On the contrary! You were simply not believers for it would only be true that we led you astray if you had actually been believers in the first place and then rejected faith and followed us.