Quran 28:60 — Al-Qasas, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whatever things you have been given for the life of this world are merely [temporary] gratification and vanity: that which is with God is better and more lasting- will you not use your reason?
وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا ۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
wamā ūtītum min shayin famatāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wazīnatuhā wamā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun wa-abqā afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whatever thing you have been given is the enjoyment of the present life and its adornment; and what is with God is better and more enduring.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [remember:] whatever you are given [now] is but for the [passing] enjoyment of life in this world, and for its embellishment - whereas that which is with God is [so much] better and more enduring. Will you not, then, use your reason?
- Sahih International
- And whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allāh is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And whatever | — |
| 2 | أُوتِيتُمūtītum | you have been given | أتي |
| 3 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 4 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 5 | فَمَتَـٰعُfamatāʿu | (is) an enjoyment | متع |
| 6 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of the) life | حيي |
| 7 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 8 | وَزِينَتُهَا ۚwazīnatuhā | and its adornment | زين |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | And what | — |
| 10 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 12 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 13 | وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚwa-abqā | and more lasting | بقي |
| 14 | أَفَلَاafalā | So (will) not | — |
| 15 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | you use intellect | عقل |