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29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 4

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اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ يَسْبِقُونَاۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

Am hasiba allatheenayaAAmaloona assayyi-ati an yasbiqoona saama yahkumoon

Or do those who do bad actions imagine they can outstrip Us? How bad their judgement is!

  • Progressive Muslims

    Or did those who sinned think that they would be ahead of Us Miserable indeed is their judgment!

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Do those who treat others unfairly think that they can escape Us (Our Laws)? Bad, indeed, is their judgment!

  • Sam Gerrans

    If those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us: evil is what they judge.

  • The Monotheist Group

    Or did those who sinned think that they would be ahead of Us? Miserable indeed is their judgment!

  • Edip-Layth

    Or did those who sinned think that they would be ahead of Us? Miserable indeed is their judgment!

  • Aisha Bewley

    Or do those who do bad actions imagine they can outstrip Us? How bad their judgement is!

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Do those who commit sins think that they can ever fool us? Wrong indeed is their judgment.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Do those who do evil think that they will get the better of Us? How bad is the judgement that they make!

  • Sahih International

    Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Or do they think - they who do evil deeds [while claiming to have attained to faith] - that they can escape Us? Bad, indeed, is their judgment!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they decide.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Or do those who consume their life in wrong-doing think they shall escape Our notice and consequently Our retributive punishment! How irrationally do they think and erroneously do they judge?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    As far as the mischief makers are concerned, do they really think that they will escape God’s punishment?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Or think those who do evil deeds that they can outstrip Us (i.e. escape Our punishment)? Evil is that which they judge!

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Do those who practise evil think that they will get the better of Us? Evil is their judgment!

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Or do the evildoers ˹simply˺ think that they will escape Us? How wrong is their judgment!

  • Taqi Usmani

    Or do those who commit evils think that they will outstrip Us? Evil is what they predicate.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Do the evildoers think they can escape us? How ill they judge!

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Or do they reckon, those who do evil deeds, that they will outstrip Us? Ill they judge!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Do those who do evil reckon that they can outstrip us? evil is it that they judge.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    We did try those who were before you, and Allah will surely know those who are sincere, and He will surely know those who feign.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Or even do they reckon- the ones who do odious deeds- that they will outstrip Us? Odious is (the way) they judge!

  • George Sale

    Do they who work evil think that they shall prevent Us from taking vengeance on them? An ill judgment do they make.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Or do those who act evil think that they will gain over Us (Allah)? Evil is their judgment (if they think so)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Or do those who do evil deeds think that they will escape Our punishment? How ill they judge!

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Do those who commit misdeeds suppose that they can outmaneuver Us? Evil is the judgement that they make.