Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Thus arrogantly, without the least good sense, did he and his hosts behave on earth - just as if they thought that they would never have to appear before Us [for judgment]
Arthur John Arberry
And he waxed proud in the land, he and his hosts, wrongfully; and they thought they should not be returned to Us
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He and his hosts: they thought that they would not have to return to Us
Arabic
وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَیۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَظَنُّوۤا۟ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَیۡنَا لَا یُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٩
Transliteration (2021)
wa-is'takbara huwa wajunūduhu fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi waẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yur'jaʿūn