Quran 41:25 — Fussilat, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have allotted them comrades, and they have decked out fair to them that which is before them and behind them. So against them has been realized the Word concerning nations that passed away before them, men and jinn alike; surely they were losers.
- Muhammad Asad
- for [when they became oblivious of Us,] We assigned to them [their own evil impulses as their] other selves, and these made appear goodly to them whatever lay open before them and whatever was beyond their ken. And so, the sentence [of doom] will have fallen due upon them together with the [other sinful] communities of invisible beings and humans that passed away before their time: verily, they [all] will indeed be lost!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَقَيَّضْنَاwaqayyaḍnā | And We have destined | قيض |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | قُرَنَآءَquranāa | companions | قرن |
| 4 | فَزَيَّنُوا۟fazayyanū | (who) made fair-seeming | زين |
| 5 | لَهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 6 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 7 | بَيْنَbayna | (was) before them | بين |
| 8 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | (was) before them | يدي |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 10 | خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum | (was) behind them | خلف |
| 11 | وَحَقَّwaḥaqqa | and (is) justified | حقق |
| 12 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | against them | — |
| 13 | ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawlu | the Word | قول |
| 14 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 15 | أُمَمٍۢumamin | nations | أمم |
| 16 | قَدْqad | (that have) passed away | — |
| 17 | خَلَتْkhalat | (that have) passed away | خلو |
| 18 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 19 | قَبْلِهِمqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 20 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 21 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | the jinn | جنن |
| 22 | وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖwal-insi | and the men | أنس |
| 23 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 24 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 25 | خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna | losers | خسر |