Quran 30:7 — Ar-Room, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they only know the outer surface of this present life and are heedless of the life to come.
يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ
yaʿlamūna ẓāhiran mina l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum ʿani l-ākhirati hum ghāfilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They know an outward part of the present life, but of the Hereafter they are heedless.
- Muhammad Asad
- they know but the outer surface of this world’s life, whereas of the ultimate things they are utterly unaware.
- Sahih International
- They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | They know | علم |
| 2 | ظَـٰهِرًۭاẓāhiran | (the) apparent | ظهر |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 5 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 6 | وَهُمْwahum | but they | — |
| 7 | عَنِʿani | about | — |
| 8 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 9 | هُمْhum | [they] | — |
| 10 | غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna | (are) heedless | غفل |