Surah Maryam 19:59 — translation and meaning
مريم · Verse 59 / 98 · Page 309
ۖ فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
Word by Word
ۖ
فَخَلَفَ
fakhalafa
Then succeeded
مِن
min
after them
بَعْدِهِمْ
ba'dihim
after them
خَلْفٌ
khalfun
successors
أَضَاعُوا
ada'u
who neglected
الصَّلَاةَ
al-salata
the prayer
وَاتَّبَعُوا
wa-ittaba'u
and they followed
الشَّهَوَاتِ
al-shahawati
the lusts
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
so soon
يَلْقَوْنَ
yalqawna
they will meet
غَيًّا
ghayyan
evil
Transliteration
Fakhalafa mim ba'dihim khalfun adaa'us Salaata wattaba'ush shahawaati fasawfa yalqawna ghaiyaa
Translation
But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
After these chosen prophets came followers of evil and deviation, who neglected prayer by not offering it in the required manner, and who perpetrated sins driven by their own desires such as fornication. These people will come face to face with evil and disappointment in Hell.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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