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ʾinna hāʾulāʾi mutabbarun mā hum fīhi wa-bāṭilun mā kānū yaʿmalūna
What they are engaged in is indeed bound to perish, and what they have been doing shall come to naught.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah al-‘Araf – Verse 139
139 . “(Moses said:) Surely this they are engaged upon shall be perished, and what they are doing are in vain.”
The Qur’ānic term /mutabbarun/ is derived from the word /tabār/ with the meaning of ‘destruction’. The holy verse maybe points to the glad tidings of Moses (as) to the people, saying that by their presence in that region, polytheism and perversion would be effaced. (narrated from Marāqi, commentary). Here is the verse:
Therefore, both the mental and practical perversions are perishable. The end of them all is destruction.