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Al-Kahf 104

Ayah 104 of 110 · Meccan

ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا ١٠٤

[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose alladhīna
  2. ضَلَّis lostḍalla
  3. سَعۡيُهُمۡtheir effortsaʿyuhum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  6. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  7. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  8. يَحۡسَبُونَthinkyaḥsabūna
  9. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  10. يُحۡسِنُونَ(were) acquiring goodyuḥ'sinūna
  11. صُنۡعًا(in) workṣun'ʿan

Tafsir

Those who will see on the Day of Judgment that the effort they used to make in the world has gone to waste, whilst they thought they were doing well in their effort and that they will benefit from their actions. The reality was the exact opposite.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran