"By God, we were," in the world—meaning: we were truly in the world "in manifest error," meaning clear and evident.
﴿تالله إِن كُنَّا﴾ فِي الدُّنْيَا. أَيْ: لَقَدْ كُنَّا فِي الدُّنْيَا ﴿لَفِي ضَلالٍ مُبِينٍ﴾ بَين.
