إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நிச்சயமாக இந்த மக்கள் ஈடுபட்டிருக்கும் மார்க்கம் அழியக் கூடியது இன்னும் அவர்கள் செய்பவை யாவும் (முற்றிலும்) வீணானவையே" (என்றும் கூறினார்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නියත වශයෙන් ම ඔවුන් වනාහි ඔවුන් කවර විෂයක සිටියේ ද එය විනාශ වන්නකි. තවද ඔවුහු සිදු කරමින් සිටි දෑ ද නිෂ්ඵල ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- یہ لوگ جس کام میں لگے ہیں یہ تباه کیا جائے گا اور ان کا یہ کام محض بےبنیاد ہے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 本当にこれらのものが奉じているものは滅び，またかれらの行うことも無益である。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 那些人所崇拜的神灵是要被毁灭的，他们所行的善功是无效的。
Tafsir of 7:139
The Children of Israel safely cross the Sea, but still held on to the Idea of Idol Worshipping Allah mentions the words that the ignorant ones among the Children of Israel uttered to Musa after they crossed the sea and witnessed Allah's Ayat and great power. فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ (And they came upon a people devoted to some of their idols (in worship).) Some scholars of Tafsir said that the people mentioned here were from Canaan, or from the tribe of Lakhm. Ibn Jarir commented, "They were worshipping idols that they made in the shape of cows, and this influenced the Children of Israel later when they worshipped the calf. They said here, يَمُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَّنَآ إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ ("O Musa! Make for us a god as they have gods." He said: "Verily, you are an ignorant people.") Musa replied, you are ignorant of Allah's greatness and majesty and His purity from any partners or anything resembling Him.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
