Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
None the less man chooses to deny what lies ahead of him
Arthur John Arberry
Nay, but man desires to continue on as a libertine
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him
Arabic
بَلۡ یُرِیدُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ لِیَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥
Transliteration (2021)
bal yurīdu l-insānu liyafjura amāmah