Quran 46:18 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The verdict has been passed on such people, along with all the communities that went before them, jinn and human: they are lost.
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ
ulāika alladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jini wal-insi innahum kānū khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- such men are they against whom has been realized the Word concerning nations that passed away before them, men and jinn alike; they were losers.
- Muhammad Asad
- It is [such as] these upon whom the sentence [of doom] will fall due, together with the [other sinful] communities of invisible beings and humans that have passed away before their time. Verily, they will be lost:
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) the ones | — |
| 3 | حَقَّḥaqqa | (has) proved true | حقق |
| 4 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | against them | — |
| 5 | ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawlu | the word | قول |
| 6 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 7 | أُمَمٍۢumamin | nations | أمم |
| 8 | قَدْqad | (that) already passed away | — |
| 9 | خَلَتْkhalat | (that) already passed away | خلو |
| 10 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 11 | قَبْلِهِمqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | (the) jinn | جنن |
| 14 | وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖwal-insi | and the men | أنس |
| 15 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 16 | كَانُوا۟kānū | are | كون |
| 17 | خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna | (the) losers | خسر |