Surah Al-A'raf 7:139 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 139 / 206 · Page 167

إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَؤُلَاءِ
haulai
these
مُتَبَّرٌ
mutabbarun
destroyed
مَّا
ma
(is) what
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهِ
fihi
(are) in it
وَبَاطِلٌ
wabatilun
and vain
مَّا
ma
(is) what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Innaa haaa'ulaaa'i mutabbarum maa hum feehi wa baatilum maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

'These people who are worshipping idols are ruined, and all of their works and devotion is false and worthless because they are worshipping other than Allah.'

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

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