They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return!”

﴿قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ﴾
[النَّازعَات: 12]

﴿قالوا تلك إذا كرة خاسرة﴾ [النَّازعَات: 12]

Mohammad Habib Shakir
They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss

Mohammad Shafi
They say, "This in that event would be a damaging return

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding

Mufti Taqi Usmani
They say, “If so, that will be a harmful homecoming.”

Muhammad Asad
[And] they add, "That, then, would be a return with loss

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They will say, "Lo, that then would be a losing recurrence

Muhammad Sarwar
They have said, "Such a resurrection will certainly be a great loss

Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They say, .If so, that will be a harmful homecoming

Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition
Adding, “Then such a return would be a ˹total˺ loss ˹for us˺!”

Mustafa Khattab God Edition
Adding, “Then such a return would be a ˹total˺ loss ˹for us˺!”

N J Dawood
And they say: ‘So it is a fruitless transformation!‘

Safi Kaskas
They say, "This will be a losing come back

They say, “Then that would surely be a losing return!” 79:12 British translation