The Quran

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.