Surah Hud, Ayah 16 (11:16)

هُود

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا …

Quran 11:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 223 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:16
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَلَيْسَلَهُمْفِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِإِلَّاٱلنَّارُ ۖوَحَبِطَمَاصَنَعُوا۟فِيهَاوَبَٰطِلٌمَّاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١٦
ulāika alladhīna laysa lahum fī l-ākhirati illā l-nāru waḥabiṭa mā ṣanaʿū fīhā wabāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.(16)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
  3. لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
  4. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. ٱلنَّارُ ۖl-nāruthe Fire
  9. وَحَبِطَwaḥabiṭaAnd (has) gone in vain
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. صَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey did
  12. فِيهَاfīhātherein
  13. وَبَٰطِلٌwabāṭilunand (is) worthless
  14. مَّاmāwhat
  15. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
  16. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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