Al-A'raf Verse 139

What they follow is certainly doomed to destruction and their deeds are in vain.”

Indeed, what they follow is doomed to destruction and what they do is worthless.”

Surely this they are engaged upon shall be shattered, and void is what they have been doing.'

[the cult] these people practise is doomed to destruction, and what they have been doing is useless.

Verily these! destroyed is that wherein they are engaged and vain is that which they have been doing.

"As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise."

The way these people follow is bound to lead to destruction; and all their works are vain.

"These people and their ways will surely be destroyed, for false is what they practise.

“The condition they are in is, in fact, one of destruction – and all what they do is utter falsehood.”

What they are engaged in is indeed bound to perish, and what they have been doing shall come to naught.’

"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)".

`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.´

That those what they are in it (is) destroyed/ruined/broken, and what they were making/doing is being wasted/annulled .

"The condition they are in is, in fact, one of destruction - and all what they do is utter falsehood."

"Verily, these people- destroyed shall be their way, and vain is that which they are doing."

[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."

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea. Then they came to a people who were devoted to their idols. They said: O Moses, make for us a god as they have gods. He said: Surely you are an ignorant people!

(As to) these, surely that about which they are shall be brought to naught and that which they do is vain.

Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are doing is in vain.

What these people worship is doomed to be destroyed and their deeds are based on falsehood.

That which they are engaged upon shall be shattered and all their works are vain.

[Musa 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."

what they are engaged in is doomed to destruction and all their works are in vain."

“What these people are concerned with is perdition, and their deeds are based on falsehoods.”

Truly as for these, their way will be destroyed and what they have been doing is in vain'.

إِنَّ هَـوُلاء مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ

"Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in, (they will perish),

وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ



"and all that they are doing is in vain."

Commenting on this Ayah, Imam Abu Jafar bin Jarir reported from Abu Waqid Al-Laythi that;

they (the Companions) went out from Makkah with the Messenger of Allah for (the battle of) Hunayn. Abu Waqid said, "Some of the disbelievers had a lote tree whose vicinity they used to remain in, and upon which they would hang their weapons on. That tree was called `Dhat Al-Anwat'. So when we passed by a huge, green lote tree, we said, `O Messenger of Allah! Appoint for us a Dhat Al-Anwat as they have.'

He said,

قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى لِمُوسَى

by He in Whose Hand is my soul! You said just as what the people of Musa said to him;

اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَـهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ الِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ


إِنَّ هَـوُلاء مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ


"Make for us a god as they have gods." He said;"Verily, you are an ignorant people. Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in, and all that they are doing is in vain.