Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Is, then, he who [in his earthly life] was a believer to be compared with one who was iniquitous? [Nay,] these two are not equal
Arthur John Arberry
What? Is he who has been a believer like unto him who has been ungodly? They are not equal
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is rebellious and wicked? Not equal are they
Arabic
أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤۡمِنࣰا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقࣰاۚ لَّا یَسۡتَوُۥنَ ١٨
Transliteration (2021)
afaman kāna mu'minan kaman kāna fāsiqan lā yastawūn