Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Why, can the people of any community ever feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them in broad daylight, while they are engaged in (worldly] play
Arthur John Arberry
Do the people of the cities feel secure Our might shall not come upon them in daylight while they are playing
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)
Arabic
أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡقُرَىٰۤ أَن یَأۡتِیَهُم بَأۡسُنَا ضُحࣰى وَهُمۡ یَلۡعَبُونَ ٩٨
Transliteration (2021)
awa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā ḍuḥan wahum yalʿabūn