“Those whose efforts in this world are misguided, while they assume that they are doing well.”
Al-Kahf 18:104
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الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
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“Those whose efforts in this world are misguided, while they assume that they are doing well.”
They're the ones whose efforts were wasted in this life, even though they thought they were doing good work."
They are the ones whose efforts were wasted in this worldly life, even though they thought they were doing good.
Those whose effort went astray in the life of this world while they thought they were doing good.
“Those whose efforts in this world are misguided, while they assume that they are virtuous in their works.”
“Those whose efforts in this world are misguided, while they assume that they are virtuous in their works.”
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds.
Those whose efforts in the life of this world are wasted, while they think that they are doing good.”
"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"
Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work.
They are those whose efforts have been wasted in the life of the world while they thought they were doing good.
It will be those whose effort went astray in the life of the world and who believe nevertheless that they are doing good.
Those whose efforts are misguided in the life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good.’
Allatheena dalla saAAyuhum fee alhayati alddunya wahum yahsaboona annahum yuhsinoona sunAAan