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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 32of 165

وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَعِبٌۭ وَلَهْوٌۭ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah, so will you not reason?

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
إِلَّاillāexcept
لَعِبٌۭlaʿibuna play
وَلَهْوٌۭ ۖwalahwunand amusement
وَلَلدَّارُwalalddārubut the home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūna(are) God conscious
أَفَلَاafalāThen not
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(will) you reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah describes the regret of the disbelievers when facing Him, and their disappointment at the commencement, along with theirsorrow for not performing good deeds and for their evil deedsThis is why Allah said, حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُواْ يحَسْرَتَنَا عَلَى مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَا(until all of a sudden, the Hour (signs of death) is upon them, and they say: "Alas for us that we gave no thought to it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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