Muhammad Habib Shakir: What! is he who has a clear argument from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work is made fairseeming: and they follow their low desires.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?
M.Pickthall: Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?
Amatul Rahmân Omer: Can those people who take their stand upon a clear proof from their Lord, be compared to those to whom the evils of their deeds are made to seem attractive and who follow their low desires?
Maulana Mohammad Ali: And how many a town, more powerful than thy town which has driven thee out -- We destroyed them, so there was no helper for them.
