Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:48

41:48

وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yadʿūna min qablu waẓannū mā lahum min maḥīṣin

And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

— Saheeh International

the gods they invoked before will have vanished away; they will know that there is no escape.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those whom they used to invoke before (in this world) shall disappear from them, and they will perceive that they have no place of refuge (from Allâh’s punishment).

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

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Word by Word

وَضَلَّwaḍallaAnd lost
عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
مَّاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَدْعُونَyadʿūnainvoking
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُۖqablubefore
وَظَنُّوا۟waẓannūand they (will) be certain
مَاmā(that) not
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminany
مَّحِيصٍۢmaḥīṣinplace of escape