2. Surah Al Baqarah
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
But his cynicism may be the greatest folly in the eyes of Allah.
وَإِذَا لَقُواْ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ قَالُواْ آمَنَّا...
2: 14. When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe,"
C37. A deeper phase of insincerity is actual duplicity. But it never pays in the end. If we compare such a man to a trader, he loses in the bargain.
... وَإِذَا خَلَوْاْ إِلَى شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُواْ ...
but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say:
... إِنَّا مَعَكْمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِؤُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
"We are really with you, we (were) only jesting."
2: 14
Asad and full of piety towards his parents; and never was he haughty or rebellious.
Pickthall And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.
Transliteration Wa bar ran biwa_lidaihi wa lam yakun jab bara_n ashiy ya_