Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 3

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ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Tharhum ya'kuloo wayatamattaAAoowayulhihimu al-amalu fasawfa yaAAlamoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

so [Prophet] leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let [false] hopes distract them: they will come to know.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Let them eat and enjoy, and let (their) fancy make them neglectful, for they shall soon come to know (their ultimate end).

Al-Hilali & Khan

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Leave them to eat and enjoy life and let false hopes amuse them. They will soon come to know.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Leave them alone; let them eat and enjoy themselves the while the hope [of vain delights] be guiles them: for in time they will come to know [the truth].