Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 139 (7:139)

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إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 7:139 is ayah 139 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 167 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:139
إِنَّهَٰٓؤُلَآءِمُتَبَّرٌمَّاهُمْفِيهِوَبَٰطِلٌمَّاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١٣٩
inna hāulāi mutabbarun mā hum fīhi wabāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."(139)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
  3. مُتَبَّرٌmutabbarundestroyed
  4. مَّاmā(is) what
  5. هُمْhumthey
  6. فِيهِfīhi(are) in it
  7. وَبَٰطِلٌwabāṭilunand vain
  8. مَّاmā(is) what
  9. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  10. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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