Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:25

41:25

۞ وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

waqayyaḍnā lahum quranāa fazayyanū lahum mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum waḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jini wal-insi innahum kānū khāsirīna

And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

— Saheeh International

We have appointed, for the disbelievers, companions who make their past and present seem fair and right to them, but the sentence has already been passed on them, along with generations of jinn and men before them: they were losers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have assigned for them (devils) intimate companions (in this world), who have made fair-seeming to them, what was before them (evil deeds which they were doing in the present worldly life and disbelief in the Reckoning and the Resurrection) and what was behind them (denial of the matters in the coming life of the Hereafter as regards punishment or reward). And the Word (i.e. the torment) is justified against them as it was justified against those who were among the previous generations of jinn and men that had passed away before them. Indeed they (all) were the losers.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

۞ وَقَيَّضْنَاwaqayyaḍnāAnd We have destined
لَهُمْlahumfor them
قُرَنَآءَquranāacompanions
فَزَيَّنُوا۟fazayyanū(who) made fair-seeming
لَهُمlahumto them
مَّاmāwhat
بَيْنَbayna(was) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(was) before them
وَمَاwamāand what
خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(was) behind them
وَحَقَّwaḥaqqaand (is) justified
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe Word
فِىٓfīamong
أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
قَدْqad(that have) passed away
خَلَتْkhalat(that have) passed away
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِۖwal-insiand the men
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīnalosers