كَٱلَّذِينَ Like those ka-alladhīna before you min before you qablikum they were kānū mightier ashadda than you minkum (in) strength quwwatan and more abundant wa-akthara (in) wealth amwālan and children wa-awlādan So they enjoyed fa-is'tamtaʿū their portion bikhalāqihim and you have enjoyed fa-is'tamtaʿtum your portion bikhalāqikum like kamā enjoyed is'tamtaʿa those alladhīna before you min before you qablikum their portion bikhalāqihim and you indulge wakhuḍ'tum like the one who ka-alladhī indulges (in idle talk) khāḍū Those ulāika worthless ḥabiṭat (are) their deeds aʿmāluhum in fī the world l-dun'yā and (in) the Hereafter wal-ākhirati And those wa-ulāika they humu (are) the losers l-khāsirūna
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.