Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:18 — translation and meaning

الأحقاف · Verse 18 / 35 · Page 504

ۖ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(are) the ones
حَقَّ
haqqa
(has) proved true
عَلَيْهِمُ
alayhimu
against them
الْقَوْلُ
al-qawlu
the word
فِي
fi
among
أُمَمٍ
umamin
nations
قَدْ
qad
(that) already passed away
خَلَتْ
khalat
(that) already passed away
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْجِنِّ
al-jini
(the) jinn
وَالْإِنسِ
wal-insi
and the men
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
كَانُوا
kanu
are
خَاسِرِينَ
khasirina
(the) losers

Transliteration

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena haqqa 'alaihimul qawlu feee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal jinni wal insi innahum kaanoo khaasireen

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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