لَا
تَحۡسَبَنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡرَحُونَ
بِمَآ
أَتَواْ
وَّيُحِبُّونَ
أَن
يُحۡمَدُواْ
بِمَا
لَمۡ
يَفۡعَلُواْ
فَلَا
تَحۡسَبَنَّهُم
بِمَفَازَةٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡعَذَابِۖ
وَلَهُمۡ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
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Do not let those who rejoice in their misdeeds and love to take credit for what they have not done think they will escape torment. They will suffer a painful punishment.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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