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Al-A'la 16

Ayah 16 of 19 · Meccan

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

But you prefer the worldly life,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. بَلۡNaybal
  2. تُؤۡثِرُونَYou prefertu'thirūna
  3. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَthe lifel-ḥayata
  4. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā

Tafsir

But, you give preference to the worldly life and prefer it over the afterlife despite the huge disparity between them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran