Surah Hud 11:21 — translation and meaning

هود · Verse 21 / 123 · Page 224

أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Word by Word

أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(are) the ones who
خَسِرُوا
khasiru
(have) lost
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
their souls
وَضَلَّ
wadalla
and lost
عَنْهُم
anhum
from them
مَّا
ma
(is) what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftaruna
(to) invent

Transliteration

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena khasirooo anfusahum wa dalla 'anhum maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Translation

Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These are people who have lost themselves, heading towards their own ruin through associating partners with Allah; and the partners and intercessors they have invented will abandon them.

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

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