← Surah 14

14:15

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Word by word

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟
And they sought victory
Verb
Root: فتح
وَخَابَ
and disappointed
Verb
Root: خيب
كُلُّ
every
Noun
Root: كلل
جَبَّارٍ
tyrant
Noun
Root: جبر
عَنِيدٍ
obstinate
Noun
Root: عند

Translation

But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

(Peygamberler, düşmanlarına karşı) fetih istediler, ve her zorba inatçı hüsrana uğradı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Peygamberler) zafer istemişlerdi (Allah da vermişti). Her inatçı zorba kaybetmiş (olacak)tır.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate was bought to naught;

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain