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Al-Ahqaf 18

Ayah 18 of 35 · Meccan

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ١٨

Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThose ulāika
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the onesalladhīna
  3. حَقَّ(has) proved trueḥaqqa
  4. عَلَيۡهِمُagainst themʿalayhimu
  5. ٱلۡقَوۡلُthe wordl-qawlu
  6. فِيٓamongfī
  7. أُمَمٖnationsumamin
  8. قَدۡ(that) already passed awayqad
  9. خَلَتۡ(that) already passed awaykhalat
  10. مِنbefore themmin
  11. قَبۡلِهِمbefore themqablihim
  12. مِّنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡجِنِّ(the) jinnl-jini
  14. وَٱلۡإِنسِۖand the menwal-insi
  15. إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
  16. كَانُواْarekānū
  17. خَٰسِرِينَ(the) loserskhāsirīna

Tafsir

Those are the ones for whom punishment is established amongst the nations before them from the jinns and men. They were the losers, as they lost themselves and their children by entering the fire.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran