سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:104
The Place of Refuge · Verse 104 of 110
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
(They are) those whose efforts are (all) lost in (pursuit of things relating to) the life of this world, yet they think they are doing works of good manufacturing.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?
Ahmed Ali
Theirs whose effort is misspent in pursuit of the pleasures of the world, even though they think they are doing good things."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
"Those whose endeavor has been wasted in this world (because it is directed only to this-worldly ends, and so it is bound to be wasted hereafter also) but who themselves reckon that they are doing good."
Daryabadi
They are those whose effort is wasted in the life of the world, and they deem that they are doing well in performance.
Faridul Haque
"Of those whose efforts are lost in (pursuit of) the life of this world, and they think that they are doing good deeds."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Those whose effort goes astray in this world
Maulvi Sher Ali
`Those whose labour is all lost in pursuit of the life of this world, and yet they imagine that they are doing good works.'
Muhammad Asad
"[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works:
Muhammad Musin Khan
Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds!
Muhammad Pickthall
Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work.
Muhammad Sarwar
It will be those who labor a great deal in this life but without guidance, yet think that they are doing a great many good deeds.
Muhammed ali Shakir
(These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands.
Rashad Khalifa
They are the ones whose works in this life are totally astray, but they think that they are doing good.
Shabbir Ahmed
They are the ones whose effort in the life of the world remains misdirected. And yet they think that they are doing good work.