Quran 11:21 — Hud, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is they who will have lost their souls, and what they invented will have deserted them.
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those are they that have lost their souls, and that they forged has gone astray from them;
- Muhammad Asad
- It is they who have squandered their own selves-for [on the Day of Resurrection] all their false imagery will have forsaken them:
- Sahih International
- Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) the ones who | — |
| 3 | خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū | (have) lost | خسر |
| 4 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | their souls | نفس |
| 5 | وَضَلَّwaḍalla | and lost | ضلل |
| 6 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | from them | — |
| 7 | مَّاmā | (is) what | — |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used | كون |
| 9 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | (to) invent | فري |