Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

But those who ignore warning: for them is wretchedness; and He will lead their deeds astray,

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَتَعْساً لَهُمْ وَاَضَلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ
Wallatheena kafaroo fataAAsanlahum waadalla aAAmalahum
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-alladhīnaBut those who
2kafarūdisbelieveكفر
3fataʿsandestruction (is)تعس
4lahumfor them
5wa-aḍallaand He will cause to be lostضلل
6aʿmālahumtheir deedsعمل
  • Aisha Bewley

    But those who are kafir will have utter ruin and He will make their actions go astray.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And those who rejected, for them is destruction; and He has misled their works.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And trip and fall on their face all those who journey through life in the darkness of Ignorance. And the Divine Law causes their actions to be lost. ('Ta'as' = Trip and fall on the face).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    But those who ignore warning: for them is wretchedness; and He will lead their deeds astray,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And those who rejected, for them is destruction; and He has misled their works.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Those who rejected, for them is destruction; and He has misled their works.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Those who disbelieve incur misery; He causes their works to be utterly in vain.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    As for the unbelievers, they will suffer misfortunes, and their deeds will be rendered ineffective.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.

  • Muhammad Asad

    but as for those who are bent on denying the truth, ill fortune awaits them, since He will let all their deeds go to waste:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them, and He will make their actions vain.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    As to those who disbelieve, perdition lies in store for them and Allah has reduced their works to nought.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    But those who denied Allah, He will afflict with the miseries of fallen greatness and imprint their works with irreverence, profanity and damnation

  • Bijan Moeinian

    As to disbelievers, their "good" deeds will be fruitless and for them there is nothing but misery in reserve.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism), for them is destruction, and (Allâh) will make their deeds vain.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But those who reject (Allah),- for them is destruction, and (Allah) will render their deeds astray (from their mark).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    As for the disbelievers, may they be doomed and may He render their deeds void.

  • Taqi Usmani

    As for those who disbelieve, (destined) for them is destruction, and He has rendered their deeds vain.

  • Abdul Haleem

    As for the disbelievers, how wretched will be their state! God has brought their deeds to nothing.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    But as for the unbelievers, ill chance shall befall them! He will send their works astray.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    But as for those who misbelieve - confound them! and He will make their works go wrong.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And as for those who disbelieve, for them is destruction and He has made their deeds ineffective.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the ones who have disbelieved, then misfortune is for them, and He will make their deeds to err away.

  • George Sale

    But as for the infidels, let them perish; and their works shall God render vain.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But those who disbelieve and (reject Allah)— For them awaits misery and destruction, and (Allah) will make their deeds useless.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    As for those who disbelieve there awaits them perdition. He will make their works (to see Islam fail and come to nought) bear no fruit.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    As for the faithless, their lot will be to fall , and He will make their works go awry.