Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Ahqaf Verse 18

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Such are the people on whom the word (of punishment) has come true along with the communities of the Jinn and the humans that have passed before them. Surely they were losers.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

These are the ones against whom the fate of earlier communities of jinn and humans has been justified, ˹for˺ they were truly losers.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Such are those upon whom the punishment has become binding, as happened to communities of Jinn and men before them, for they were truly losers.

A. J. Arberry

such men are they against whom has been realized the Word concerning nations that passed away before them, men and jinn alike; they were losers.

Abdul Haleem

The verdict has been passed on such people, along with all the communities that went before them, jinn and human: they are lost.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Those are they upon whom hath been justified the saying about the communities of the Jinn and mankind who have passed away before them; verily they are ever the losers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; for they will be (utterly) lost.

Abul Ala Maududi

It is against such that Allah's sentence (of punishment) has become due. They will join the communities of humans and jinn that have preceded them. Verily all of them will court utter loss.

Ahmed Ali

They are those on whom the sentence of God would be justified as on communities of jinns and men before them. They will surely perish.

Ahmed Raza Khan

It is these upon whom the Word has proved true, among the nations that passed away before them, of jinns and men; indeed they were losers.

Ali Quli Qarai

Such are the ones against whom the word has become due, along with the nations of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. They were the losers.

Ali Ünal

Such are they upon whom the word (of God’s punishment) is rightly due (as included) among the (similar) communities of jinn and humankind before them. Surely they are the ones ruined in loss.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Such are the people against whom the sentence of punishment becomes due along with the communities of the jinn (- houghty) and (ordinary) people that preceded them. Of course, they were the losers.

English Literal

Those are those who the word/opinion and belief became correct/true in nations (that) had passed/expired from before them from the Jinns and the human/mankind, that they truly were losers .

Faridul Haque

It is these upon whom the Word has proved true, among the nations that passed away before them, of jinns and men; indeed they were losers.

Hamid S. Aziz

These are they against whom the word has proved true among nations of the jinn and mankind that have already passed away before them; surely they are losers.

Hilali & Khan

They are those against whom the Word (of torment) is justified among the previous generations of jinns and mankind that have passed away. Verily! They are ever the losers.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! Do you threaten me that I shall be brought forth, when generations have passed away before me? And they both call for Allah’s aid: Woe to thee! Believe; surely the promise of Allah is true. But he says: This is nothing but stories of the ancients.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

These are they against whom the word has proved true among nations of the jinn and the men that have already passed away before them; surely they are losers.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Such are those on whom the Word concerning nations of the jinn and mankind which have passed away before them hath effect. Lo! they are the losers.

Muhammad Sarwar

Such people will be subject to the punishment of God, which was also decreed for many human beings and jinn before them. These people are certainly lost.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Such are they against whom the statement is realized concerning the nations of humans and jinn alike that passed away before them; they were the losers.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

They are those against whom the Word (of torment) has justified among the previous generations of Jinn and mankind that have passed away. Verily, they are ever the losers.

Wahiduddin Khan

It is against such as these that the word of God has proved true, along with all the communities that went before them, jinns and humans: surely they are losers.

Talal Itani

Those are they upon whom the sentence is justified, among the communities that have passed away before them, of jinn and humans. They are truly losers.

Tafsir jalalayn

Such are the ones against whom the Word, of chastisement, is due, is necessary, concerning communities of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. Truly they are losers.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

They are those against whom the Word (of torment) has justified among the previous generations of Jinn and mankind that have passed away. Verily, they are ever the losers.

This indicates that all such people will be among their likes and their peers among the disbelievers, who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.

Allah's saying,
أُوْلَيِكَ
(Those are) after He said,
وَالَّذِى قَالَ
(But he who says) confirms what we have mentioned above that the latter is a general description of a type of people including all those who fall under that description.

Al-Hasan and Qatadah both said,

"This applies to the disbelieving, sinful person who is undutiful to his parents and who denies resurrection."

Allah then says