Surah Maryam, ayah 59
۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
Maryam · 19:59
Word by word
- ۞ فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
- مِنۢminafter them
- بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
- خَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors
- أَضَاعُوا۟aḍāʿūwho neglected
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they followed
- ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖl-shahawātithe lusts
- فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
- يَلْقَوْنَyalqawnathey will meet
- غَيًّاghayyanevil
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