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Al-An'am 32

Ayah 32 of 165 · Meccan

وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞۖ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٣٢

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ(is) the lifel-ḥayatu
  3. ٱلدُّنۡيَآ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. لَعِبٞa playlaʿibun
  6. وَلَهۡوٞۖand amusementwalahwun
  7. وَلَلدَّارُbut the homewalalddāru
  8. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ(of) the Hereafterl-ākhiratu
  9. خَيۡرٞ(is) bestkhayrun
  10. لِّلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  11. يَتَّقُونَۚ(are) God consciousyattaqūna
  12. أَفَلَاThen notafalā
  13. تَعۡقِلُونَ(will) you reasontaʿqilūna

Tafsir

The life of the world that you incline towards is nothing but a play and deception for a person who does not perform actions to please Allah. The home of the Afterlife is better for those who are mindful of Allah: doing what He has instructed them to do (such as having faith and following Him) and avoiding what He has prohibited (such as associating partners with Him and committing sin). Do you, idolaters, not understand this, so that you can believe and do good actions?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran