But God will turn the joke against them and allow them to sink deeper into evil and wander perplexed in their wickedness.
Allah (befitting His Majesty) mocks them, leaving them to wander blindly in their rebellion.
God shall mock them, and shall lead them on blindly wandering in their insolence.
God will requite them for their mockery, and will leave them for a while in their overweening arrogance, blindly stumbling to and fro:
Allah mocketh back at them, and letteth them in their exorbitance wander bewildered.
Allah mocks at them and gives them increase in their wrong-doings to wander blindly.
It is God who ridicules them, and leaves them bewildered in their transgression.
(Little do they realize that) Allah is mocking at them. He gives them rope enough, and they wander on and on blindly in their mischief and rebellion.
Allah mocks at them and leaves them increasing in their deviation to wander blindly.
Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.
It is Allah who derides them, and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.
Allah will mock at them and prolong them in sin, blundering blindly.
[But] Allah mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.
God mocks them and gives them time to continue blindly in their transgressions.
Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and He leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
All<u>a</u>hu yastahzio bihim wayamudduhum fee <u>t</u>ughy<u>a</u>nihim yaAAmahoon<b>a</b>
God will requite them for their mockery, and draw them on, for a while, to wander blindly in their insolence.
Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
Allah mocks the hypocrites for their mocking of the believers, and He will repay in equal measure for their behavior. They are treated as believers in this world, but will be repaid for their lying and deception in the next life. He allows them to become more and more lost and to do more and more wrong, so they remain confused and doubtful about the truth.
Allah mocks the hypocrites for their mocking of the believers, and He will repay in equal measure for their behavior. They are treated as believers in this world, but will be repaid for their lying and deception in the next life. He allows them to become more and more lost and to do more and more wrong, so they remain confused and doubtful about the truth.
<p>The eighth verse is a comment on this attitude of complacency and self-congratulation on the part of the hypocrites. They are mightily pleased with themselves in the belief that they can so easily make a fool of the Muslims and get away with it, while they are, in fact, only making a fool of themselves. For Allah has, in His forbearance and mercy, given them a long rope, but this is a provision for their being thrown into ridicule. It took place like this. Since the hypocrites saw no apparent signs of divine punishment descending on themselves, they were encouraged in their complacency and rebellion, so that the cup of their iniquity was full, and one day they were caught. Allah acted like this in response to their mockery; so, the Holy Qur'an describes this divine action too as a mockery on the part of Allah.</p>
The eighth verse is a comment on this attitude of complacency and self-congratulation on the part of the hypocrites. They are mightily pleased with themselves in the belief that they can so easily make a fool of the Muslims and get away with it, while they are, in fact, only making a fool of themselves. For Allah has, in His forbearance and mercy, given them a long rope, but this is a provision for their being thrown into ridicule. It took place like this. Since the hypocrites saw no apparent signs of divine punishment descending on themselves, they were encouraged in their complacency and rebellion, so that the cup of their iniquity was full, and one day they were caught. Allah acted like this in response to their mockery; so, the Holy Qur'an describes this divine action too as a mockery on the part of Allah.