(59) But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil[819] -— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
[819]- Described as a valley in Hell or may be rendered "the consequence of error."
59. Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salât (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salât (prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times] and have followed lusts.[2] So they will be thrown in Hell.— الترجمة الإنجليزية
(V.19:59) Like drinking alcoholic drinks; giving false witnesses; eating unlawful things - meat of edible animals not slaughtered according to Allâh’s Order; taking intoxicants; narcotic drugs like opium, morphine, heroin, cannabis; committing crimes; evil wicked deeds like illegal sexual acts, murdering, taking others’ rights unlawfully, robbing, stealing, betraying, backbiting, slandering, telling lies.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاThen there succeeded even after them a succession who wasted the prayer and closely followed lusts; so they will eventually meet misguidance.
— Muhsin Khan - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاThen, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salat (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salat (prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc.] and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell.
— Pickthall - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاNow there hath succeeded them a later generation whom have ruined worship and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاBut after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-
— Sahih International - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاBut there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّا(19:59) They were succeeded by a people who neglected the Prayers5
and pursued their lusts.6 They shall presently meet with their doom,
— Abdul Haleem - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاbut there came after them generations who neglected prayer and were driven by their own desires. These will come face to face with their evil,
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاThen came after them the successors who neglected Salāh and followed (their selfish) desires. So they will soon face (the outcome of their) deviation,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاBut they were succeeded by generations who neglected prayer and followed their lusts and so will soon face the evil consequences.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّاBut they were succeeded by generations who neglected prayer and followed their lusts and so will soon face the evil consequences.1
But they were succeeded by generations who neglected prayer and pursued their desires; so they will meet their doom,— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
59. After these chosen prophets came followers of evil and deviation, who neglected prayer by not offering it in the required manner, and who perpetrated sins driven by their own desires such as fornication. These people will come face to face with evil and disappointment in Hell.— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
They were succeeded by generations who neglected their prayers and followed only their lusts; and these will, in time, meet with utter disillusion.— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي