كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةًۭ وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًۭا وَأَوْلَٰدًۭا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
How to read it
Ka-lladhīna min qab'likum' kānū 'ashadda minkum' quwatan wa'ak'thara 'am'wālan wa'aw'lādan fa-s'tam'taʻū bikhalāqihim' fa-s'tam'taʻ'tum bikhalāqikum' kamā (i)s'tam'taʻa -lladhīna min qab'likum bikhalāqihim' wakhuḍ'tum' ka-lladhī khāḍū . 'ūlā'ika ḥabiṭat' 'aʻ'māluhum' fī ddun'yā wal-'ākhirati . wa'ūlā'ika humu l-khāssirūna
As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in power, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their enjoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before you; and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They!- their work are fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
