أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
Am hasiba allatheena yaAAmaloona alssayyi-ati an yasbiqoona saa ma yahkumoona
Or think those who do evil deeds that they can outrun Us. Evil is what they judge.
Or do they think - they who do evil deeds [while claiming to have attained to faith] - that they can escape Us? Bad, indeed, is their judgment!
Do those who practise evil think that they will get the better of Us? Evil is their judgment!
Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they decide.
Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us? Evil is it that they judge!
Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.