[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.
فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُمand you have enjoyedfa-is'tamtaʿtum
بِخَلَٰقِكُمۡyour portionbikhalāqikum
كَمَاlikekamā
ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَenjoyedis'tamtaʿa
ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
مِنbefore youmin
قَبۡلِكُمbefore youqablikum
بِخَلَٰقِهِمۡtheir portionbikhalāqihim
وَخُضۡتُمۡand you indulgewakhuḍ'tum
كَٱلَّذِيlike the one whoka-alladhī
خَاضُوٓاْۚindulges (in idle talk)khāḍū
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
حَبِطَتۡworthlessḥabiṭat
أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ(are) their deedsaʿmāluhum
فِيinfī
ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖand (in) the Hereafterwal-ākhirati
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَAnd thosewa-ulāika
هُمُtheyhumu
ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ(are) the losersl-khāsirūna
Tafsir
O hypocrites, in your disbelief and mockery you are like the communities of disbelievers before you. They were greater than you in strength, and had more wealth and children, and they enjoyed their allotted share of the luxuries and pleasures of this world. You, O hypocrites, also enjoyed your allotted share of the world, just as the communities of the past did. You indulged in denying the truth and insulting the messenger just as they did. Those who have these shameful qualities will have their actions reduced to nothing by Allah due to their disbelief. They are the losers, whose own souls have brought them to the point of destruction.