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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 104of 110

ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا﴿١٠٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
ضَلَّḍallais lost
سَعْيُهُمْsaʿyuhumtheir effort
فِىin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnathink
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
يُحْسِنُونَyuḥ'sinūna(were) acquiring good
صُنْعًاṣun'ʿan(in) work

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Greatest Losers in respect of (Their) DeedsAl-Bukhari recorded from `Amr that Mus`ab who said: "I asked my father -- meaning Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas -- about Allah's saying,قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالاٌّخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـلاً(Say: "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds") `Are they the Haruriyyah' He said, `No, they are the Jews and Christians.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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