Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
EAT [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin
M. M. Pickthall
Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
“Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while, ˹for˺ you are truly wicked.”
Wahiduddin Khan
Eat [your fill] and enjoy your life for a little while, O you who are lost in sin
Safi Kaskas
You are but dissenters. So eat and enjoy yourselves a little [while you can].
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Eat, take joy for a little. You are ones who sin.
T.B.Irving
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while, since you are criminals.
Shakir
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty
Abdul Hye
(O disbelievers)! Eat and enjoy yourselves (in this worldly life) for a little while. Surely, you are the criminals.
The Study Quran
Eat and enjoy yourselves a little; truly you are guilty
Talal Itani (2012)
'Eat and enjoy yourselves a little; you are indeed criminals.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
“Eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are guilty.”
Dr. Kamal Omar
(O you who are heedless to the Book of Allah in your day to day affairs in the world)! Eat and be benefited a little. Verily, you are Mujrimun
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Oh unbelievers)! Eat and enjoy (your possessions) just a little while longer. Indeed, you are the criminals
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(O you rejecters of the Truth,) you eat and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, verily, you are the criminals (Mujrimun, and sinners)
[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals
O culprits! Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while. Surely you are culprits
Muhammad Sarwar
(Disbelievers), eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while. You are certainly sinful ones
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
.(O disbelievers,) eat and drink for a while! You are guilty ones
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, you guilty ones! Enjoy and take your ease for a little while
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
"Eat and enjoy (your life) a little: surely you are criminals"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Eat and enjoy for a little while, for you are criminals."
Abdel Haleem
[You may] eat and enjoy yourselves for a short while, evildoers that you are
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
'Eat and enjoy a little; verily ye are culprits
Ahmed Ali
Eat and enjoy for a while: You are certainly sinners
Aisha Bewley
´Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while. You are evildoers.´
Ali Ünal
Consume (the riches of the world) and enjoy your life but for a little while, for you are criminals, committed to accumulating sin
Ali Quli Qara'i
‘Eat and enjoy a little! You are indeed guilty.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Eat and enjoy yourselves a little while, because you are wrong-doers
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Eat and enjoy a little, you are indeed the guilty ones.
Musharraf Hussain
Tell the disbelievers: “Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while; you are sinners”.
Maududi
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while. Surely you are evil-doers
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Eat and enjoy for a little while, for you are criminals."
Mohammad Shafi
Eat and enjoy but little. You are sinners indeed
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Eat and carry on a little necessarily, you are the culprits.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'Eat and enjoy yourselves a little, for you are sinners!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
East and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Eat and enjoy little that you truly are criminals/sinners
Bijan Moeinian
O’ disbelievers enjoy eating and drinking for a few days of your life
Faridul Haque
“Eat and enjoy for a while - indeed you are guilty.”
Eat and enjoy temporarily; you are guilty
Sher Ali
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while in this world, O rejectors of Truth, surely, you are the guilty ones.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Disbelievers!) eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while (in the world). Surely, you are the guilty (ones)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O deniers of the truth!) Eat and enjoy yourselves for a short while. No doubt, you are the evildoers
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(O you disbelievers)! Eat and enjoy yourselves (in this worldly life) for a little while. Verily, you are the Mujrimoon (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals, etc.)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
“Eat and enjoy for a little. Truly you are evildoers.”
Munir Mezyed
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while! Surely you are Ungodly Sinners.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Eat and enjoy a little, for you are sinful.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Eat and enjoy yourselves a little while, while you are sinners.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
“Eat and enjoy yourselves a little; youpl are indeed criminals.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little while, since you are criminals.
Samy Mahdy
“Eat and enjoy a little; surely you are criminals.”
Thomas Cleary
"Eat and enjoy a little: you are truly sinners.â€
Ahmed Hulusi
“Eat and enjoy yourself for a little (in this world)... Indeed, you are guilty!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(O ye Unjust) Eat and enjoy yourselves (on earth) a little while, (but be warned that an evil End in the Hereafter awaits you) for that ye are sinner
Mir Aneesuddin
Eat and enjoy yourselves for a while, you are certainly criminals.
You infidels may eat and enjoy yourselves here, but the span is short and then your iniquities shall be laid to your charge
The Wise Quran
Eat and enjoy a little, indeed, you are sinners.