Surah Al-Qasas — Verse 39

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وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Wastakbara huwa wajunooduhu feeal-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wathannooannahum ilayna la yurjaAAoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Pharaoh and his armies behaved arrogantly in the land with no right- they thought they would not be brought back to Us-

Marmaduke Pickthall

And he and his hosts were haughty in the land without right, and deemed that they would never be brought back to Us.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He and his hosts: they thought that they would not have to return to Us!

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(Thus) he and his hosts showed arrogance in the land with no justification and thought that they would not be returned to Us.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And he and his hosts were arrogant in the land, without right, and they thought that they would never return to Us.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

And he and his hosts waxed arrogant in the land without any right, believing that they will never have to return to Us!

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Thus arrogantly, without the least good sense, did he and his hosts behave on earth - just as if they thought that they would never have to appear before Us [for judgment]!