Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 69
كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَـٰدًا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَـٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَـٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَـٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
Word by word
- كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnaLike those
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
- أَشَدَّashaddamightier
- مِنكُمْminkumthan you
- قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
- وَأَكْثَرَwa-aktharaand more abundant
- أَمْوَٰلًۭاamwālan(in) wealth
- وَأَوْلَـٰدًۭاwa-awlādanand children
- فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟fa-is'tamtaʿūSo they enjoyed
- بِخَلَـٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimtheir portion
- فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمfa-is'tamtaʿtumand you have enjoyed
- بِخَلَـٰقِكُمْbikhalāqikumyour portion
- كَمَاkamālike
- ٱسْتَمْتَعَis'tamtaʿaenjoyed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you
- بِخَلَـٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimtheir portion
- وَخُضْتُمْwakhuḍ'tumand you indulge
- كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one who
- خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚkhāḍūindulges (in idle talk)
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- حَبِطَتْḥabiṭatworthless
- أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhum(are) their deeds
- فِىfīin
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
- وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter
- وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
- هُمُhumuthey
- ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers
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