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Muhammad Asad   
[as if] to prove their ingratitude for all that We have granted them! Enjoy, then, your [brief] life: but in time you will come to know [the truth]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
only returning Our favours with ingratitude. So enjoy yourselves, for you will soon know.
Safi Kaskas   
For all good things come to you from God and whenever harm comes upon you, you cry to Him for help,

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Arabic   
لِیَكۡفُرُوا۟ بِمَاۤ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٥٥
Transliteration (2021)   
liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum fatamattaʿū fasawfa taʿlamūn
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, soon you will know.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[as if] to prove their ingratitude for all that We have granted them! Enjoy, then, your [brief] life: but in time you will come to know [the truth]
M. M. Pickthall   
So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy life (while ye may), for ye will come to know
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed on them! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will ye know (your folly)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
only returning Our favours with ingratitude. So enjoy yourselves, for you will soon know.
Safi Kaskas   
For all good things come to you from God and whenever harm comes upon you, you cry to Him for help,
Wahiduddin Khan   
showing no gratitude for what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves awhile; but soon you will know
Shakir   
So that they be ungrateful for what We have given them; then enjoy yourselves; for soon will you kno
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
They are ungrateful for what We gave them. So let them take joy. They will know.
T.B.Irving   
renouncing whatever We have given them! "So enjoy yourselves, for you soon shall know!"
Abdul Hye   
so they deny that which (Favors) We have bestowed on them! So enjoy yourselves (short stay), soon you will come to know (the consequences).
The Study Quran   
So let them be ungrateful for that which We have given them: “Enjoy yourselves! For soon you will know.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Such ingratitude for what We’ve given them! Enjoy yourselves; soon, you will come to know.
Talal Itani (2012)   
To show ingratitude for what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves. You will soon know
Dr. Kamal Omar   
that (thus) they may deny that which We bestowed to them (and relate that to their false and imaginary gods). Well, enjoy yourselves a little, then soon you will come to know
M. Farook Malik   
as if to show their ingratitude for the favors that We bestow on them! Enjoy yourselves; soon you will come to know the consequences.
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
That they may disbelieve in what We have brought them. So enjoy (this life); then eventually you will know
Muhammad Sarwar   
In the end you will reject Our bounties. Enjoy yourselves; you will soon know (the consequences of your deeds)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Thus, they deny what We have given to them. Well, enjoy yourself (for some time), and soon you will come to know (the fate of your misdeeds)
Shabbir Ahmed   
As if to show their ingratitude to what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves while you may. Soon the reality will dawn upon you
Dr. Munir Munshey   
For the blessings of Allah they show ingratitude. So, have fun! Soon, you will know (your folly)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
So as show their thanklessness for the favors We have blessed on them! Then enjoy (for a little while); But you will know (your mistake) soon
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
So they reject what We have given them. Enjoy, for you will come to know
Abdel Haleem   
Let them show ingratitude for the favours We have shown them; ‘Enjoy your brief time- soon you will know.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
That they may show ingratitude for that which We have vouchsafed unto them. Enjoy then, presently ye shall know
Ahmed Ali   
So as to deny what We have bestowed on them. Well, enjoy yourselves, you will come to know soon
Aisha Bewley   
ungrateful for what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves. You will soon know!
Ali Ünal   
And so deny with ingratitude the favors God has granted them. So enjoy (O polytheists, the favors We grant you) – in time you will come to know (the truth)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
being unthankful for what We have given them. So let them enjoy. Soon they shall know
Hamid S. Aziz   
That they may deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy life while you may, for at length you shall come to know the truth
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
to be ungrateful about what We gave them. So, enjoy, you will eventually know.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Showing their ingratitude for the favors We have bestowed on them. So enjoy, but soon will you come to know
Musharraf Hussain   
showing how ungrateful they are for the gifts We gave them, so enjoy for a while, but soon you will know
Maududi   
that they may show ingratitude for the bounties We bestowed upon them. So enjoy yourselves for a while, soon you will come to know (the truth)
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
So they reject what We have given them. Enjoy, for you will come to know
Mohammad Shafi   
And so they become ungrateful for what We have given them. Enjoy then for now! You shall soon come to know your real destiny

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
That they may be ungrateful to what Good, We have bestowed them. Then enjoy a little, but soon you will come to know.
Rashad Khalifa   
Let them disbelieve in what we have given them. Go ahead and enjoy temporarily; you will surely find out.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
that they may show ingratitude for what We gave them. So, take your pleasure, you shall soon know
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
So as to deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for soon will you know
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
To disbelieve with what We gave/brought them, so live long/enjoy, so you will/shall know
Bijan Moeinian   
This kind of behavior is nothing but ingratitude to the Lord’s favor. That is fine! Enjoy your [short] life on earth as you will finally find out
Faridul Haque   
In order to deny the favours We have given them; so enjoy a little; for you will soon come to know
Sher Ali   
So as to deny that which WE have bestowed upon them. Well, then, enjoy yourselves a while, but soon will you know
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(This disbelief and polytheism is perpetrated) so that they may show ingratitude for those (blessings) which We have bestowed upon them. So, (O polytheists,) take this (a few days’) benefit, then soon will you know (your end)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
With the result that they show ingratitude for the favours which We have bestowed upon them. Well, enjoy yourselves a little, for soon you will know (the evil consequences of your ingratitude)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
So (as a result of that ) they deny (with ungratefulness) that (Allahs Favours) which We have bestowed on them! Then enjoy yourselves (your short stay), but you will come to know (with regrets)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
that they may show unthankfulness for that We have given them. So take your joy; certainly you will soon know
George Sale   
to shew their ingratitude for the favours We have bestowed on them. Delight your selves in the enjoyments of this life: But hereafter shall ye know that ye cannot escape the divine vengeance
Edward Henry Palmer   
That they may disbelieve in what we have brought them and may enjoy,- but at length they shall know
John Medows Rodwell   
To prove how thankless are they for our gifts! Enjoy yourselves then: but in the end ye shall know the truth
N J Dawood (2014)   
showing no gratitude for what We give them. Take your pleasure now, and you shall learn.

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Let them be ungrateful for that We have given them and so enjoy for a little while in time you will come to know.
Munir Mezyed   
Consequently, they don’t show reverence for what We have given them. So enjoy yourself (for a while), but soon you will come to know (the truth which you deny).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
So that they reject that which We gave them, then enjoy it for a while, you will soon know.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
It’s like they are trying to show ingratitude for the blessings We have given them. Enjoy yourselves! Soon you will understand.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
so as to deny what We have given them. So enjoy yourselves, for you will come to know.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
renouncing whatever We have given them! "So enjoy yourselves, for you soon shall know!"
Samy Mahdy   
To disbelieve with what We have given them. So, enjoy. So, you will know.
Sayyid Qutb   
[as if] to show their ingratitude for what We have given them. Enjoy, then, your life [as you may]; before long you will come to know [the truth].
Ahmed Hulusi   
(They do this) to show ingratitude for what We have given them... So, enjoy yourselves... Soon you will know.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
So that they may show ingratitude for whatever (of blessings and removing hardships) We have given them; then enjoy yourselves for soon will you know.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
A way of showing ingratitude and the indisposition to acknowledge the benefits received. But you just keep serving the Devil and lust after your sinful system of faith and worship and before long you shall come to know the consequence of denying the truth
Mir Aneesuddin   
so as to be ungrateful for that which We have given them. So enjoy yourselves, but you will come to know.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed on them! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will ye know (your folly)
OLD Literal Word for Word   
So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, soon you will know
OLD Transliteration   
Liyakfuroo bima ataynahum fatamattaAAoo fasawfa taAAlamoona