Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Nay, but they [who lack inner certainty] are but Dying with their doubts
Arthur John Arberry
Nay, but they are in doubt, playing
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Yet they play about in doubt
Arabic
بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ٩
Transliteration (2021)
bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn