But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.
That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose.
Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
(All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).
And he fails that corrupts it!
他们曾要求判决。每个顽固的暴虐者都失望了。
(他援助你们),以便对于不信道的人,或剪除一部分,或全部加以凌辱,以便他们失败而归。
穆萨对他们说:“你们真该死,你们不要诬蔑真主,以免他用刑罚毁灭你们;诬蔑真主者,确已失败了。”
罪人们将对永生自立的主宰表示谦恭,背负罪恶者,确已失望了。
凡戕害自己的性灵者,必定失败。