26قالوا إِنّا كُنّا قَبلُ في أَهلِنا مُشفِقينَMuhammad AsadThey 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]:1Thus do all classical commentators without, to my knowledge, any exception - interpret the above verse.