Quran 3 : 24

That (is) because they say, "Never will touch us the Fire except (for) days numbered." And deceived them in their religion what they were inventing.
ذَٰلِكَ
Dhaālika
بِأَنَّهُمْ
Biaannahum
قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
لَن
Lan
تَمَسَّنَا
Tamassanā
ٱلنَّارُ
Annāru
إِلَّآ
Iillaa
أَيَّامًا
Aayyāmana
مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ
Mmaʿdūdaātin
وَغَرَّهُمْ
Wagharrahum
فِى
Fiā
دِينِهِم
Dīnihim
مَّا
Mmā
كَانُوا۟
Kānūa
يَفْتَرُونَ
Yaftarūna

Bilal Muhammad 2018

This is because they say, “The fire will not touch us but for a few number of days.” But their delusions deceive them as to the way

N J Dawood 2014

For they declare: ‘We shall endure the Fire for a few days only.‘ In their religion they are deceived by their own lies

Mustaqim

This is because they say: The fire will only touch us a limited number of days. And their inventions mislead them in their religion.

Safi Kaskas

just because they declared, "We will only be in Hell for a few days." The lies they had fabricated caused them to betray their faith.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

This is because they say, “The Fire will touch us only for a number of days.” What they used to invent deceived them in their religion.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is because they say: The Fire shall not touch us but for a few days; and that which they forge deceives them regarding their religion

Aisha Bewley

That is because they say, ´The Fire will only touch us for a number of days.´ Their inventions have deluded them in their deen.

Musharraf Hussain

That is because they said, “We will be in Hellfire only for a few days.” The lies they used to make about their religion have deceived them.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

For they say: 'The Fire will not touch us except for a certain number of days. ' And the lies they forged have deluded them in their religion

Abdel Haleem

‘The Fire will only touch us for a limited number of days.’ The lies they have invented have led them astray in their own religion

Abdul Hye

This is because they say: “The fire shall not touch us but for few days." And they deceive them in their religion by what they used to invent.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

This is because they say, “The Fire will not touch us except for a few days.” They have been deceived in their faith by their wishful lying.

Samy Mahdy

That is because they said, “The Fire will not touch us except for counted days.” And deluded them in their religion, what they were slandering.

Arthur John Arberry

That, because they said, 'The Fire shall not touch us, except for a number of days'; and the lies they forged has deluded them in their religion

Corpus.Quran

That (is) because they say Never will touch us the Fire except (for) days numbered And deceived them in their religion what they were inventing

Muhammad Sarwar

because of their belief that the fire will only touch them for a few days. This fabricated belief has deceived them in matters of their religion

MunirMezyed2023

That is because they say: ‘Never will the Fire touch us except for a few days.’ They have been deluded in their belief by their wishful lying.

Shakir

This is because they say: The fire shall not touch us but for a few days; and what they have forged deceives them in the matter of their religion

Ahmed Hulusi

This is because they think, “The fire will not touch us except for numbered days.” Their invented delusive belief is a betrayal to their religion.

The Study Quran

That is because they say, “The Fire will not touch us save for days numbered.” That which they used to fabricate has deluded them in their religion

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

This because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

That is because they said: "The Fire will not touch us except for a few number of days," and they were arrogant by what they invented in their system.

Irving/Hegab

That is because they say: "The Fire will never touch us except for several days." Whatever they have invented about their religion has led them astray.

The Wise Quran

That is because they say, 'The fire shall not touch us, except for a number of days'; and that which they had invented deceived them in their religion.

Edward Henry Palmer

that is because they say the fire shall not touch us save for a certain number of days. But that deceived them in their religion which they had invented

Fode Drame

That is so because they said, “The fire will never touch us except for days numbered.” And all that they used to contrive deluded them in their religion.

John Medows Rodwell

This - because they said, "The fire shall by no means touch us, but for certain days:" - Their own devices have deceived them in their religion

Bakhtiari Nejad

This is because they say: “The fire will never touch us except for a few days.” And what they were fabricating deceived them in their way of life (religion).

Mir Aneesuddin

That is because they say, "The fire shall not touch us except for a certain number of days." And that which they have forged deceives them in their religion.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

That is because they have said: .The Fire shall not touch us except for a few days. Thus they are deceived in their faith by what they themselves used to invent

T.B.Irving

That is because they say: "The Fire will never touch us except for several days." Whatever they have invented about their religion has led them astray.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

That is because they say: The Fire will not touch us save for a certain number of days. That which they used to invent hath deceived them regarding their religion

Rashad Khalifa

This is because they said, "The hellfire will not touch us, except for a few days." They were thus deceived in their religion by their own fabrications.

Mohammad Shafi

That is indeed because they say, "The Fire shall touch us not, but for a few days." And what they fabricated in their religion, deluded their own selves.

Shabbir Ahmed

This is because they say that the Fire will not touch them but only for a few days. See, how that which they used to invent has deceived them in their own religion

Sher Ali

That is because they say, `The Fire shall not touch us except for a limited number of days.' And what they used to forge has deceived them regarding their religion

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

That is because they said: The fire will not touch us but for numbered days. And they were deluded in their way of life by what they had been devising.

Hamid S. Aziz

That is because they say, "The fire shall not touch us save for a certain number of days." But that which they had invented in their religion deceived them

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

That is because they say, the Fire shall touch us not save for a few days numbered. And there had deluded them in their religion that which they have been fabricating

Bijan Moeinian

The reason for their carelessness is they are deceived by their fabrication that: “The punishment of the Hellfire will be only for a short period of time!”

Talal Itani (2012)

That is because they said, 'The Fire will not touch us except for a limited number of days.' They have been misled in their religion by the lies they fabricated

Hilali - Khan

This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a number of days." And that which they used to invent regarding their religion has deceived them

Syed Vickar Ahamed

This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" For their (own) lies, (they) deceive them(selves) about their own religion

Ali Quli Qara'i

That is because they say, ‘The Fire shall not touch us except for a number of days,’ and they have been misled in their religion by what they used to fabricate

Dr. Munir Munshey

That is so because they say, "The fire (of hell) will not touch us, except for a few days." That, which they (forged and) fabricated in their religion, duped them

Ahmed Ali

For they say: "The Fire will not touch us for more than a few days." They have been deceived by the lies they have themselves fabricated, and stray from their faith

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

This boldness came to them because they say, 'The fire shall not touch us except for a number of days'; and the lies which they used to invent deceived them in their religion.

Dr. Kamal Omar

This is because they said: “The Fire shall not touch us except for the days numbered. And has deceived them, about their religion, whatever forgeries they were committing

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

That (is) because they said: "The fire will not/never touch us, except a counted/numbered days/times, and deceived/tempted them in their religion what they were fabricating

Wahiduddin Khan

That is because they say, The Fire will touch us only for a limited number of days. Thus the false beliefs which they have invented have deluded them in the matter of their religion

Maududi

This is because they say: ´The fire of Hell shall not touch us except for a limited number of days.´ The false beliefs which they have forged have deluded them in their faith

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

That (is) for that they said, "The Fire will never touch us, except for a (prescribed) number of days." And whatever (lies) they used to fabricate deluded them in their religion

George Sale

This they did because they said, the fire of hell shall by no means touch us, but for a certain number of days: And that which they had falsly devised, hath deceived them in their religion

Amatul Rahman Omar

They do so because they say, `The Fire will not (even) brush us except for a limited number of days.' (Their own lies) that they used to forge have deluded them in the matter of their faith

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing

Linda "iLham" Barto

That is because they [the unfaithful Jews] claim, “The fire will not touch us except for a certain number of days.” They have invented false beliefs that cause them to betray their own religion.

Faridul Haque

They dared to do this because they say, “The fire will definitely not touch us except for a certain number of days”; and they are deceived in their religion by the lies they fabricated

Munir Mezyed

That is because they say: "Never will the Fire touch us except for certain number of days;" and because they were deluded in their belief by (the fabricated myths) which they used to mythologize.

Ali Ünal

(They venture to do so) because they claim: "The Fire will not touch us at all, except for a certain number of days." (The false beliefs) that they used to invent have deluded them in their religion

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

This (courage to deviate) is because they say: ‘The Fire of Hell will not touch us except for a few numbered days.’ And the lies that they invent (about Allah) have deluded them with regard to their din (religion)

Muhammad Asad

simply because they claim, "The fire will most certainly not touch us for more than a limited number of days": and thus the false beliefs which they invented have [in time] caused them to betray their faith