Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
But [as for me,] I do not know whether, perchance, this [delay in God’s judgment] is but a trial for you, and a [merciful] respite for a while.”
Arthur John Arberry
I know not; haply it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a time
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time."
Arabic
وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِی لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةࣱ لَّكُمۡ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ١١١
Transliteration (2021)
wa-in adrī laʿallahu fit'natun lakum wamatāʿun ilā ḥīni