Quran 3:178 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 178
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers should not think that it is better for them that We give them more time: when We give them more time they become more sinful- a shameful torment awaits them.
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
walā yaḥsabanna alladhīna kafarū annamā num'lī lahum khayrun li-anfusihim innamā num'lī lahum liyazdādū ith'man walahum ʿadhābun muhīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And let not the unbelievers suppose that the indulgence We grant them is better for them; We grant them indulgence only that they may increase in sin; and there awaits them a humbling chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they should not think - they who are bent on denying the truth - that Our giving them rein is good for them: We give them rein only to let them grow in sinfulness; and shameful suffering awaits them.
- Sahih International
- And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (let) not | — |
| 2 | يَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabanna | think | حسب |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | أَنَّمَاannamā | that | — |
| 6 | نُمْلِىnum'lī | We give respite | ملو |
| 7 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 8 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) good | خير |
| 9 | لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚli-anfusihim | for themselves | نفس |
| 10 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 11 | نُمْلِىnum'lī | We give respite | ملو |
| 12 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 13 | لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟liyazdādū | so that they may increase | زيد |
| 14 | إِثْمًۭا ۚith'man | (in) sins | أثم |
| 15 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 16 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 17 | مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnun | humiliating | هون |