"[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works
"[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works
"Those whose endeavor has been wasted in this world (because it is directed only to this-worldly ends, and so it is bound to be wasted hereafter also) but who themselves reckon that they are doing good."
The ones whose endeavor errs away in the present life, (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) and they reckon that they are doing fair work
They are the ones whose effort in the life of the world remains misdirected. And yet they think that they are doing good work. (They work in the wrong cause, contrary to the Divine Reminder)
Those whose all efforts in this worldly life had gone astray from the Right Way, but all along they were under the delusion that they were doing good deeds
Dr. Munir Munshey
"They are those who (in reality) squander away their efforts in the life of this world, yet regard their deeds to be good."
Dr. Kamal Omar
those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they assess that they are acquiring good through their deeds?
Those whose effort goes astray in this world’s life, and they think that they are making good manufactures
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Those whom their endeavors/striving (was) wasted/lost in the life the present/worldly life and they, they think/suppose that they, they do good work/performance
(They are) those whose efforts are (all) lost in (pursuit of things relating to) the life of this world, yet they think they are doing works of good manufacturing
They are the ones whose efforts in the worldly life have gone to waste while they thought they were doing good!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Those whose effort is lost in this world's life, while they think that they are working good deeds.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
"They are those who presumed upon Providence and conducted themselves in life according to false concepts and they thought they were doing what is right"