آلِ عِمْرَان : ١٧٨

  • وَلَا And (let) not
  • يَحۡسَبَنَّ think
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • كَفَرُوٓاْ disbelieved
  • أَنَّمَا that
  • نُمۡلِي We give respite
  • لَهُمۡ to them
  • خَيۡرٞ (is) good
  • لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ for themselves
  • إِنَّمَا Only
  • نُمۡلِي We give respite
  • لَهُمۡ to them
  • لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ so that they may increase
  • إِثۡمٗاۖ (in) sins
  • وَلَهُمۡ and for them
  • عَذَابٞ (is) a punishment
  • مُّهِينٞ humiliating
And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
And let not the disbelievers suppose (read laa yahsabanna, 'let them not suppose', or laa tahsabanna, 'do not suppose') that what We indulge them in, that is, [that] Our indulging [them], in extending their [terms of] life and deferring them [their death], is better for their souls (in the case of the reading yahsabanna, 'let them [not] suppose', anna [of anna-maa] and its two operators stand in place of the two objects, but only in place of the second in the case of the other reading [tahsabanna], 'do [not] suppose'). We grant them indulgence, We give [them] respite, only that they may increase in sinfulness, through frequent disobedience, and theirs is a humbling chastisement, one of humiliation, in the Hereafter.