سورة الأنفال، الآية ٥٩
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَبَقُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ ٥٩
walā yaḥsabanna alladhīna kafarū sabaqū innahum lā yuʿ'jizūna
And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allāh].
Verse 59 of Surah Al-Anfal (8:59), a Medinan surah, is in juz 10, on page 184 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
The disbelievers should not think that they have escaped from Allah’s punishment, because they cannot do so. Instead, it will surely fall upon them.
The disbelievers should not think that they are unreachable; they cannot escape.
And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allâh’s Punishment).
And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape.
Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): they will never frustrate (them).
And let not those who disbelieve think that they shall come in first; surely they will not escape.
And definitely let not the ones who have disbelieved reckon that they have outstripped (the believers); surely they (cannot) defy (My Will).
لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.
لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ …
Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ
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.
