The Holy Quran 7:139 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Translation

(Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام further said to them,) "Undoubtedly these people are destroyed in their practices and what they do is all useless (not only is their worship useless to them, but it will earn them punishment as well)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The counsel of Musa ﵇ to his people: that is, their idolatrous religion is going to be destroyed in future at my hands and at the hands of the people of truth. And all the play-acting that they have kept up until now is sheer falsehood, error, futile and without substance.

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