يَعۡلَمُونَ ظَٰهِرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٧
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- يَعۡلَمُونَThey knowyaʿlamūna
- ظَٰهِرٗا(the) apparentẓāhiran
- مِّنَofmina
- ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
- ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
- وَهُمۡbut theywahum
- عَنِaboutʿani
- ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
- هُمۡ[they]hum
- غَٰفِلُونَ(are) heedlessghāfilūna
Tafsir
They do not know faith and the rulings of the Shariah; they only know of the superficial matters of worldly life, related to earning a livelihood, whilst they turn away from the real life of the afterlife, not paying any attention to it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran