Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:9

2:9

يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

yukhādiʿūna l-laha wa-alladhīna āmanū wamā yakhdaʿūna illā anfusahum wamā yashʿurūna

They [think to] deceive Allāh and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

— Saheeh International

They seek to deceive God and the believers but they only deceive themselves, though they do not realize it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They (think to) deceive Allâh and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and perceive (it) not!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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يُخَـٰدِعُونَyukhādiʿūnaThey seek to deceive
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
وَمَاwamāand not
يَخْدَعُونَyakhdaʿūnathey deceive
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
وَمَاwamāand not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey realize (it)