Quran 45:24 — Al-Jaathiya, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They say, ‘There is only our life in this world: we die, we live, nothing but time destroys us.’ They have no knowledge of this; they only follow guesswork. Their only argument,
وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
waqālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuh'likunā illā l-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yaẓunnūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'There is nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and nothing but Time destroys us.' Of that they have no knowledge; they merely conjecture.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet they say: “There is nothing beyond our life in this world. We die as we come to life, and nothing but time destroys us.” But of this they have no knowledge whatever: they do nothing but guess.
- Sahih International
- And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 3 | هِىَhiya | it | — |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | (is) but | — |
| 5 | حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunā | our life | حيي |
| 6 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 7 | نَمُوتُnamūtu | we die | موت |
| 8 | وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyā | and we live | حيي |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 10 | يُهْلِكُنَآyuh'likunā | destroys us | هلك |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚl-dahru | the time | دهر |
| 13 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 14 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 15 | بِذَٰلِكَbidhālika | of that | — |
| 16 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 17 | عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 18 | إِنْin | not | — |
| 19 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 20 | إِلَّاillā | (do) but | — |
| 21 | يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūna | guess | ظنن |