The Quran

سورة الحِجر

Surah Al-Hijr 15:3

The Rock · Verse 3 of 99

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Leave them alone to eat and enjoy themselves and let vain hopes beguile them, but they will soon know (the reality).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).

Ahmed Ali

Leave them to feast and revel, beguiled by hope; they will come to know soon.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Leave them that they may continue to eat and enjoy themselves, and that hope (for a long, easy life) distract them (from considering their main duty in life and considering their end). In time they will come to know (the truth).

Daryabadi

Leave them thou to eat and to enjoy, and let vain hope divert them; presently they will know.

Faridul Haque

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and for aspiration to involve them in play - so they will shortly come to know.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves, and let (false) hope beguile them, for they will soon know.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Leave them alone that they may eat and enjoy themselves and that vain hope may beguile them, but they will soon know.

Muhammad Asad

Leave them alone; let them eat and enjoy themselves the while the hope [of vain delights] beguiles them: for in time they will come to know [the truth].

Muhammad Musin Khan

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!

Muhammad Pickthall

Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), leave them alone to eat and enjoy themselves and let their desires deceive them; they will soon know (the Truth).

Muhammed ali Shakir

Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.

Rashad Khalifa

Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out.

Shabbir Ahmed

Let them eat, drink, and enjoy life while hanging on to false hopes. They will come to know.

Commentary 15:3 The disbelievers are in pursuit of worldly enjoyment and material gains. “Leave them alone (ذَرْهُم),” as there is no compulsion from Allâh placed on the…

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ

15:3 The disbelievers are in pursuit of worldly enjoyment and material gains. “Leave them alone (ذَرْهُم),” as there is no compulsion from Allâh placed on the believers to make them Muslims.