Ibrahim 14:15
Abraham · ayah 15 of 52
وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ
Wastaftahoo wakhabakullu jabbarin AAaneed
"And they requested decision [i.e., victory from Allāh], and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"They asked God to decide, and every obstinate tyrant failed-"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate was bought to naught;"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor."