Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And they prayed [to God] that the truth be made to triumph. And [thus it is:] every arrogant enemy of the truth shall be undone [in the life to come]
Arthur John Arberry
They sought a judgment; then was disappointed every froward tyrant -
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor
Arabic
وَٱسۡتَفۡتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِیدࣲ ١٥
Transliteration (2021)
wa-is'taftaḥū wakhāba kullu jabbārin ʿanīdi