Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:178

3:178

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

walā yaḥsabanna alladhīna kafarū annamā num'lī lahum khayrun li-anfusihim innamā num'lī lahum liyazdādū ith'man walahum ʿadhābun muhīnun

And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers should not think that it is better for them that We give them more time: when We give them more time they become more sinful- a shameful torment awaits them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And let not the disbelievers think that Our postponing of their punishment is good for them. We postpone the punishment only so that they may increase in sinfulness. And for them is a disgracing torment.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
يَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabannathink
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
أَنَّمَاannamāthat
نُمْلِىnum'līWe give respite
لَهُمْlahumto them
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) good
لِّأَنفُسِهِمْۚli-anfusihimfor themselves
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
نُمْلِىnum'līWe give respite
لَهُمْlahumto them
لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟liyazdādūso that they may increase
إِثْمًۭاۚith'man(in) sins
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating