Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:39

28:39

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

wa-is'takbara huwa wajunūduhu fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi waẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yur'jaʿūna

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

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

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وَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbaraAnd he was arrogant
هُوَhuwaAnd he was arrogant
وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiright
وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
لَاlānot
يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnawill be returned