Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:18

46:18

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

ulāika alladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jini wal-insi innahum kānū khāsirīna

Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

— Saheeh International

The verdict has been passed on such people, along with all the communities that went before them, jinn and human: they are lost.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They are those against whom the Word (of torment) is justified among the previous generations of jinn and mankind that have passed away. Verily, they are ever the losers.

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

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Word by Word

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
حَقَّḥaqqa(has) proved true
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
فِىٓfīamong
أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
قَدْqad(that) already passed away
خَلَتْkhalat(that) already passed away
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْجِنِّl-jini(the) jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِۖwal-insiand the men
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūare
خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(the) losers