وَٱلَّذِينَ But those who wa-alladhīna disbelieve kafarū their deeds aʿmāluhum (are) like a mirage kasarābin in a lowland biqīʿatin thinks it yaḥsabuhu the thirsty one l-ẓamānu (to be) water māan until ḥattā when idhā he comes to it jāahu not lam he finds it yajid'hu (to be) anything shayan but he finds wawajada Allah l-laha before him ʿindahu He will pay him in full fawaffāhu his due ḥisābahu And Allah wal-lahu (is) swift sarīʿu (in) the account l-ḥisābi
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.
أَوْ Or aw (is) like (the) darkness[es] kaẓulumātin in fī a sea baḥrin deep lujjiyyin covers it yaghshāhu a wave mawjun on it min on it fawqihi a wave mawjun on it min on it fawqihi a cloud saḥābun darkness[es] ẓulumātun some of it baʿḍuhā on fawqa others baʿḍin When idhā he puts out akhraja his hand yadahu hardly lam hardly yakad he (can) see it yarāhā And (for) whom waman not lam Allah (has) made yajʿali Allah (has) made l-lahu for him lahu a light nūran then not famā for him lahu (is) any min light nūrin
Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.