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Quran 3:178

Surah Al-Imran (Aal-Imran), verse 178 of 200 · Juz 4

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Translations of Quran 3:178
EnglishTalal Itani

Those who disbelieve should not assume that We respite them for their own good. In fact, We only respite them so that they may increase in sinfulness. A humiliating torment awaits them.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And let not those who disbelieve imagine that the rein We give them bodeth good unto their souls. We only give them rein that they may grow in sinfulness. And theirs will be a shameful doom.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Bir de o küfredenler kendilerini bırakışımızı zinhar kendileri için bir hayır sanmasınlar biz onları sırf günahlarını artsınlar diye bırakıyoruz, hem onlara zillet verici bir azab var.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Que les infidèles ne s’imaginent point que, si nous leur accordons une longue vie, c’est un bien. Nous la leur accordons longue pour qu’ils multiplient leurs iniquités. Un châtiment avilissant les attend.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Laten de ongeloovigen toch niet denken, dat, zoo wij hun leven verlengen en gelukkig maken, dit eene weldaad zij: neen! wij verlengen hun leven en maken het gelukkig, opdat zij slechts hunne zonden vermeerderen en eene strengen straf zouden ondergaan.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Non s’imaginino gl’infedeli, che se loro accordiamo una lunga vita, è un bene. Noi gliel’accordiamo lunga, acciò moltiplichino le loro iniquità. Un gastigo umiliante li attende.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.