﴿ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴾

“They will say: “Behold, aforetime - when we were [still living] in the midst of our kith and kin - we were full of fear [at the thought of God’s dis­pleasure]:”

They say as an intimation of the reason for this attainment ‘Truly before amid our families in the world we used to be ever anxious afraid of God’s chastisement;