Larave carbon IF statment

I try to create DOM with blade and carbon if auction is live by this way:

 @if ( {{(Carbon\Carbon::now()) < ($article->auction_end)}} )
                        <div class="col-md-3 leftEdge">
                            <p>Auction is ACTIVE</p>
                        </div>
                        @endif

but I get error:

FatalErrorException in e91f1d7e7c19547ed6cb12e22b4988e0 line 21:
syntax error, unexpected '<'

What is wrong here? I dont uderstand...