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Maryam 59

Ayah 59 of 98 · Meccan

۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّا ٥٩

But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil1 -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Described as a valley in Hell or may be rendered "the consequence of error."

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ فَخَلَفَThen succeededfakhalafa
  2. مِنۢafter themmin
  3. بَعۡدِهِمۡafter thembaʿdihim
  4. خَلۡفٌsuccessorskhalfun
  5. أَضَاعُواْwho neglectedaḍāʿū
  6. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  7. وَٱتَّبَعُواْand they followedwa-ittabaʿū
  8. ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖthe lustsl-shahawāti
  9. فَسَوۡفَso soonfasawfa
  10. يَلۡقَوۡنَthey will meetyalqawna
  11. غَيًّاevilghayyan

Tafsir

After these chosen prophets came followers of evil and deviation, who neglected prayer by not offering it in the required manner, and who perpetrated sins driven by their own desires such as fornication. These people will come face to face with evil and disappointment in Hell.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran