Had they come to believe instead, and taken heed for themselves, they would surely have earned from God a far better reward. If only they had sense!

And had they believed and been pious, then the recompense from Allah is extremely good; if only they knew!

Yet had they believed, and been godfearing, a recompense from God had been better, if they had but known.

And had they but believed and been conscious of Him, reward from God would indeed have brought them good-had they but known it!

And had they believed and feared, surely better had been the reward from before Allah, if they but knew!

And if they had believed, and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!

Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from God would have been better, if they only knew.

Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from Allah would have been better, if they only knew.

Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from God would be better—if they only knew.

Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from Allah would be better—if they only knew.

If only they were faithful and mindful ˹of Allah˺, there would have been a better reward from Allah, if only they knew!

Had they believed in Allah and practised piety, they would have received a far better reward from AIIah, if they had but known it.

And if they had believed and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!

And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would be better, if they only knew.

Had they been faithful and Godwary, the reward from Allah would have been better, had they known!

Had they believed and were cautious, far better for them would be the reward from Allah, if they but knew.

And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

Would that they had known that if they had embraced the faith and avoided evil, they would have received better rewards from God.

And if they had believed and guarded themselves (against evil), reward from Allah would certainly have been better; had they but known (this).

Walaw annahum amanoo waittaqaw lamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law kanoo yaAAlamoona

walaw annahum āmanū wa-ittaqaw lamathūbatun min ʿindi l-lahi khayrun law kānū yaʿlamūna

And had they but believed and been mindful of God, His reward would have been far better for them, if they had but known it.

If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!