Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:4

29:4

أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

am ḥasiba alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti an yasbiqūnā sāa mā yaḥkumūna

Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun [i.e., escape] Us? Evil is what they judge.

— Saheeh International

Do the evildoers think they can escape us? How ill they judge!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or think those who do evil deeds that they can outstrip Us (i.e. escape Our punishment)? Evil is that which they judge!

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

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Word by Word

أَمْamOr
حَسِبَḥasibathink
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātievil deeds
أَنanthat
يَسْبِقُونَاۚyasbiqūnāthey can outrun Us
سَآءَsāaEvil is
مَاmāwhat
يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge