Quran 29:64 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The life of this world is merely an amusement and a diversion; the true life is in the Hereafter, if only they knew.
وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
wamā hādhihi l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā lahwun walaʿibun wa-inna l-dāra l-ākhirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- This present life is naught but a diversion and a sport; surely the Last Abode is Life, did they but know.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, [if they did, they would know that] the life of this world is nothing but a passing delight and a play - whereas, behold, the life in the hereafter is indeed the only [true] life: if they but knew this!
- Sahih International
- And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | (is) this | — |
| 3 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu | life | حيي |
| 4 | ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 6 | لَهْوٌۭlahwun | amusement | لهو |
| 7 | وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚwalaʿibun | and play | لعب |
| 8 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱلدَّارَl-dāra | the Home | دور |
| 10 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhirata | (of) the Hereafter | أخر |
| 11 | لَهِىَlahiya | surely, it | — |
| 12 | ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚl-ḥayawānu | (is) the life | حيي |
| 13 | لَوْlaw | if only | — |
| 14 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they | كون |
| 15 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |