"This is so because you went about exulting wrongfully in the land," (will they be told), "and you were insolent.

“This is the recompense of your being happy upon falsehood in the earth, and the recompense of your conceit.”

'That is because you rejoiced in the earth without right, and were exultant.

this is an outcome of your having arrogantly exulted on earth without any [concern for what is] right, and of your having been so full of self-conceit!

That is because ye had been exulting in the earth without right, and because ye had been strutting.

That was because you had been exulting in the earth without any right (by worshipping others instead of Allah and by committing crimes), and that you used to rejoice extremely (in your error).

That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.

That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.

That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.

That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.

˹They will be told,˺ “This ˹punishment˺ is for being prideful on earth unjustly and for acting arrogantly.

(They will be told): “This is because while you were on earth you took delight in untruth and exulted in it.

That was because you had been exulting in the earth without any right, and that you used to rejoice extremely.

(And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.

‘That [punishment] is because you used to boast unduly on the earth and because you used to strut.

(And it will be said): 'That is because you rejoiced on earth in things of which you had no right, and were very happy.

[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

They will be told, "This (torment) is the result of your unreasonable happiness on the earth and of your propagation of falsehood.

That is because you exulted in the land unjustly and because you behaved insolently.

Thalikum bima kuntum tafrahoona fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi wabima kuntum tamrahoona

dhālikum bimā kuntum tafraḥūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi wabimā kuntum tamraḥūna

that is because you exulted in the land without justification and because you behaved insolently.

"That was because ye were wont to rejoice on the earth in things other than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.