Do those who do evil think that they will get the better of Us? How bad is the judgement that they make!

Or do they who commit evil deeds imagine that they can escape from Us? What an evil judgement they impose!

Or do they reckon, those who do evil deeds, that they will outstrip Us? Ill they judge!

Or do they think - they who do evil deeds [while claiming to have attained to faith] - that they can escape Us? Bad, indeed, is their judgment!

Or bethink those who work ill deeds that they shall outstrip Us? lll do they judge!

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

Or do those who commit sins think they can fool Us? Terrible is their opinion!

Or do those who commit sins think they can fool Us? Terrible is their opinion!

Or do those who commit bad deeds think they can outdo us? Terrible is their judgment!

Or do those who commit bad deeds think they can outdo us? Terrible is their judgment!

Or do the evildoers ˹simply˺ think that they will escape Us? How wrong is their judgment!

Do the evil-doers suppose that they will get the better of Us? How evil is their judgement!

Or think those who do evil deeds that they can outstrip Us Evil is that which they judge!

Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they decide.

Do those who commit misdeeds suppose that they can outmaneuver Us? Evil is the judgement that they make.

Or do the evildoers think that they will outstrip Us? How evil is their judgment!

Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.

Do the evil-doers think they can escape Us? How terrible is their judgment?

Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us? Evil is it that they judge!

Am hasiba allatheena yaAAmaloona alssayyiati an yasbiqoona saa ma yahkumoona

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

Do those who do evil imagine that they will escape Us? How ill they judge!

Do those who practise evil think that they will get the better of Us? Evil is their judgment!