Surah Hud, Ayah 21 (11:21)

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Quran 11:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 224 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:21
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْوَضَلَّعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَفْتَرُونَ٢١
ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.(21)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
  3. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(have) lost
  4. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir souls
  5. وَضَلَّwaḍallaand lost
  6. عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
  7. مَّاmā(is) what
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
  9. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna(to) invent

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