30 Ar-Rum (The Byzantines)

Mecca Period [6-7 years before Hijra]

Asad’s Version:

30:10

And once again: 8 evil is bound to be the end of those who do evil by giving the lie to God's messages and deriding them.

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَاقِبَةَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاؤُوا السُّوأَى...

30:10. In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who do evil;

C3516. The Arabic superlative feminine, referring to the feminine noun Aqibah, I have translated by "Evil in the extreme".

In this life good and evil may seem to be mixed up, and it may be that somethings or persons that are evil get what seem to be good rewards or blessings, while the opposite happens to the good. But this is only a temporary appearance. In the long run Evil will have its own evil consequences, multiplied cumulatively. And this, because evil not only rejected Allah's Message of Good but laughed at Good and misled others.

... أَن كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَكَانُوا بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِؤُون ﴿١٠﴾

for that they rejected the Signs of Allah, and held them up to ridicule.