Quran 42:36 — Ash-Shura, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What you have been given is only the fleeting enjoyment of this world. Far better and more lasting is what God will give to those who believe and trust in their Lord;
فَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
famā ūtītum min shayin famatāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun wa-abqā lilladhīna āmanū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whatever thing you have been given is the enjoyment of the present life; but what is with God is better and more enduring for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember that] whatever you are given [now] is but for the [passing] enjoyment of life in this world - whereas that which is with God is far better and more enduring. [It shall be given] to all who attain to faith and in their Sustainer place their trust;
- Sahih International
- So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allāh is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَآfamā | So whatever | — |
| 2 | أُوتِيتُمūtītum | you are given | أتي |
| 3 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 4 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | a thing | شيأ |
| 5 | فَمَتَـٰعُfamatāʿu | (is) but a passing enjoyment | متع |
| 6 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (for) the life | حيي |
| 7 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | But what | — |
| 9 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 12 | وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqā | and more lasting | بقي |
| 13 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 14 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 15 | وَعَلَىٰwaʿalā | and upon | — |
| 16 | رَبِّهِمْrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 17 | يَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūna | put (their) trust | وكل |