سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:139
The Elevated Places · Verse 139 of 206
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
`Verily, as to these (idolaters) that (cult of idolatry) wherein they are engrossed is doomed to be shattered and utterly vain is all that they are doing.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise.
Ahmed Ali
"These people and their ways will surely be destroyed, for false is what they practise.
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Ali Unal
"As for those people – what they are engaged in (by way of religion) is bound to destruction, and false and vain is all they have been doing (by way of worship)".
Daryabadi
Verily these! destroyed is that wherein they are engaged and vain is that which they have been doing.
Faridul Haque
"The condition they are in is, in fact, one of destruction - and all what they do is utter falsehood."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
(As to) these, that wherein they are engaged shall be destroyed and that which they do is vain.
Maulvi Sher Ali
`Surely, all that these people are engaged in shall be destroyed, and vain shall be all that they do.'
Muhammad Asad
As for these here - verily, their way of life is bound to lead to destruction; and worthless is all that they have ever done!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
[Musa (Moses) added:] "Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in (idols-worship). And all that they are doing is in vain."
Muhammad Pickthall
Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are doing is in vain.
Muhammad Sarwar
What these people worship is doomed to be destroyed and their deeds are based on falsehood.
Muhammed ali Shakir
(As to) these, surely that about which they are shall be brought to naught and that which they do is vain.
Rashad Khalifa
These people are committing a blasphemy, for what they are doing is disastrous for them.
Shabbir Ahmed
What these idol worshipers are doing is senseless and vain.