Quran 16:107 — An-Nahl, verse 107
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is because they love the life of this world more than the one to come, and God does not guide those who reject Him.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ
dhālika bi-annahumu is'taḥabbū l-ḥayata l-dun'yā ʿalā l-ākhirati wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that, because they have preferred the present life over the world to come, and that God guides not the people of the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- all this, because they hold this world's life in greater esteem than the life to come, and because God does not bestow His guidance upon people who deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That (is) | — |
| 2 | بِأَنَّهُمُbi-annahumu | because | — |
| 3 | ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbū | they preferred | حبب |
| 4 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayata | the life | حيي |
| 5 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 6 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 7 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 8 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 11 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 12 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 13 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |