And they prayed for victory, and every stubborn tyrant came to disappointment.
Ibrahim 14:15
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وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
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And they prayed for victory, and every stubborn tyrant came to disappointment.
They asked Allah for help, but every stubborn bully failed.
They asked for victory — but every stubborn tyrant failed.
They sought victory, and every stubborn tyrant was brought to ruin.
And they asked for victory, and every stubborn tyrant came to disappointment.
And they asked for victory, and every stubborn tyrant came to disappointment.
And they requested decision [i.e., victory from Allāh], and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.
And they (the Messengers) sought victory and help [from their Lord (Allâh)]; and every obstinate, arrogant dictator (who refuses to believe in the Oneness of Allâh) was brought to a complete loss and destruction.
[The messengers] sought victory, and every obstinate tyrant was doomed.
But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.
And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate was bought to naught;
When they sought Our Judgement, every stubborn oppressor was frustrated.
They sought Our judgement. And (thanks to that judgement) every obstinate tyrant opposed to the Truth was brought to naught.
They prayed for victory [against the infidels], and every obstinate tyrant was defeated,
Waistaftahoo wakhaba kullu jabbarin AAaneedin