یرجعون (feared) is formed from رجا . They say رجا الشیء i.e. he hoped to get the thing; he feared the thing (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The disbelievers did not believe in the Hereafter where they would be rewarded for their good deeds and had no apprehensions that they would be punished for their evil actions. Thus they lacked both the motives—hope and fear—which prompt a man to do good, and refrain from bad, deeds.
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
وہ کسی حساب کی توقع نہ رکھتے تھے
English - Sahih
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
بے شک وہ حساب کی امید نہ رکھتے تھے
English - Talal Itani
Indeed, they were not expecting an account,
Chinese Commentary *
اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس*
English - Arberry
They indeed hoped not for a reckoning,
English - Maududi
For indeed they did not look forward to any reckoning,
English - Ahmed Ali
They were those who did not expect a reckoning,
English - Yusuf Ali
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Important Words:
یرجعون (feared) is formed from رجا . They say رجا الشیء i.e. he hoped to get the thing; he feared the thing (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The disbelievers did not believe in the Hereafter where they would be rewarded for their good deeds and had no apprehensions that they would be punished for their evil actions. Thus they lacked both the motives—hope and fear—which prompt a man to do good, and refrain from bad, deeds.