your ways are like the ways of those who have gone before you. they were mightier than you in power and more abundant in riches and children. they enjoyed their lot for a while as you have enjoyed your lot and you also engaged in idle talk as they did. their works have come to naught in this world and in the hereafter they are surely the losers.
كالذين من قبلكم كانوا أشد منكم قوة وأكثر أموالا وأولادا فاستمتعوا بخلاقهم فاستمتعتم بخلاقكم كما استمتع الذين من قبلكم بخلاقهم وخضتم كالذي خاضوا أولئك حبطت أعمالهم في الدنيا والآخرة وأولئك هم الخاسرون