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۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

Word-by-word meaning

۞ فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
مِنۢminafter them
بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
خَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors
أَضَاعُوا۟aḍāʿūwho neglected
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they followed
ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ ۖl-shahawātithe lusts
فَسَوْفَfasawfaso soon
يَلْقَوْنَyalqawnathey will meet
غَيًّاghayyanevil

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

They were succeeded by Wicked People and Good PeopleAfter Allah mentioned the party of blessed ones -- the Prophets and those who followed them by maintainig the limits set by Allah and His commandments, fulfilling what Allah ordered and avoiding His prohibitions -- then He mentions,(خَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ) (there has succeeded them a posterity.) This means later generations.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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