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Verses 68–70
3 versesAt-Tawbah 69
كَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُٓوا اَشَدَّ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةً وَاَكْثَرَ اَمْوَالًا وَاَوْلَادًاۜ فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا بِخَلَاقِهِمْ فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِخَلَاقِكُمْ كَمَا اسْتَمْتَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِخَلَاقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذ۪ي خَاضُواۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ٦٩
Mushaf
Transliteration
69Kelleẕîne min ḳabliküm kânû eşedde minküm ḳuvvetev veekŝera emvâlev veevlâdâ. festemteʿû biḫalâḳihim festemtaʿtüm biḫalâḳiküm keme-stemteʿa-lleẕîne min ḳabliküm biḫalâḳihim veḫuḍtüm kelleẕî ḫâḍû. ülâike ḥabiṭat aʿmâlühüm fi-ddünyâ velʾâḫirah. veülâike hümü-lḫâsirûn.
English Translation
69(O hypocrites,) you are just like the disbelievers who came and went before you. Moreover, they were superior to you in strength and power, and greater than you in wealth and numbers. They enjoyed themselves with their share of worldly goods, and you are enjoying yourselves in this world with your share, just as those before you enjoyed themselves; and just as they fell into the swamp of falsehood, you too have sunk into the swamp of falsehood. What such people have done in this world has come to nothing in the Hereafter, and it is they who are truly the losers.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.