19. Surah Maryam, Verse 59

Then generations came after them who lost the contact-method, and followed desires. They will find their consequences.

But after them came generations who abandoned the Divine System and followed after lusts. And, these will, in time, meet utter disillusion.

But there succeeded them successors who caused the duty to be lost, and followed lusts; they will meet with error

Then, generations came after them who lost the contact prayer, and followed desires. They will find their consequences.

Then generations came after them who lost the contact prayer, and followed desires. They will find their consequences.

An evil generation succeeded them who neglected the salat and followed their appetites. They will plunge into the Valley of Evil –

After them, He substituted generations who lost the Contact Prayers (Salat), and pursued their lusts. They will suffer the consequences.

But they are succeeded by a generation who neglect their devotional obligations and follow only earthly pleasures; but they will reach the wrong road and meet destruction,

But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

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.

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

(Pitifully) they were followed by generations who neglected the act of worship, and lusted after the worthless, and in vanity they wasted their days. But as there came the day to those of old, the day will come to those of today and shall come to those-to-come when they shall taste the evil consequence here, and worse shall it be Hereafter.

Then there came after them generations who forgot to worship the Lord on regular basis, and pursued their lusts instead. They will soon suffer the consequences.

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.[1] So they will be thrown in Hell.

But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-

But they were succeeded by generations who neglected prayer and followed their lusts and so will soon face the evil consequences.[1]

Then came after them the successors who neglected Salāh and followed (their selfish) desires. So they will soon face (the outcome of their) deviation,

but there came after them generations who neglected prayer and were driven by their own desires. These will come face to face with their evil,

Then there succeeded after them a succession who wasted the prayer, and followed lusts; so they shall encounter error

And successors succeeded them, who lost sight of prayer and followed lusts, but they shall at length find themselves going wrong,

These are those to whom Allah has been gracious, of the prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and elected. When the revelations of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fall down adoring and weeping.

Then there succeeded even after them a succession who wasted the prayer and closely followed lusts; so they will eventually meet misguidance.

But a succeeding generation have come after them, who neglect prayer, and follow their lusts; and they shall surely fall into evil:

But after them there came descendents who missed prayers and went after (their) desires soon, then, will they come to (their) destruction—

But after them evil descendants came, who neglected prayer and pursued (their) evil passions. They are doomed to meet perdition.

But they were succeeded by an evil posterity who neglected the prayer, and followed [their base] appetites. So they will soon encounter [the reward of] perversity,