19. Surah Maryam

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ...   

19: 59.  But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts:

...فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا ﴿٥٩﴾

soon, then, will they face Destruction --

C2511. This selfish godless posterity gains the upper hand at certain times, but even then there is always a minority who see the error of their ways, repent and believe, and live righteous lives.

They are not penalized in the Hereafter because they were associated with the ungodly in time. They reap the full reward of their faith and righteousness.

Others version:

19: 59

Asad Yet they were succeeded by generations [of people] who lost all [thought of] prayer and followed [but] their own lusts; and these will, in time, meet with utter disillusion.

Yusuf Ali But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts: soon then will they face Destruction

Pickthall Now there hath succeeded them a later generation who have ruined worship and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception.

Transliteration Fakhalafa mim ba'dihim khulfun adha_'us sala_ta wat taba'us sahawa_ti fasaufa yalqauna ghay ya_

[ Ruby’s note - This and other verses indicate that the people who died in the past of even Muhammad, they will know their mistakes and failures only in the future on the Day of Judgment. ]