Surah Fussilat 41:23 — translation and meaning

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وَذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Word by Word

وَذَلِكُمْ
wadhalikum
And that
ظَنُّكُمُ
zannukumu
(was) your assumption
الَّذِي
alladhi
which
ظَنَنتُم
zanantum
you assumed
بِرَبِّكُمْ
birabbikum
about your Lord
أَرْدَاكُمْ
ardakum
It has ruined you
فَأَصْبَحْتُم
fa-asbahtum
and you have become
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْخَاسِرِينَ
al-khasirina
the losers

Transliteration

Wa zaalikum zannukumul lazee zanantum bi-Rabbikum ardaakum fa asbahtum minal khaasireen

Translation

And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And that very evil thought you thought up concerning your Lord, destroyed you, and so because of it, you became the very ones who lost in the world and the Hereafter.

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

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