Quran 6:32 — Al-An'aam, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The life of this world is nothing but a game and a distraction; the Home in the Hereafter is best for those who are aware of God. Why will you [people] not understand?
وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā laʿibun walahwun walalddāru l-ākhiratu khayrun lilladhīna yattaqūna afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The present life is naught but a sport and a diversion; surely the Last Abode is better for those that are godfearing. What, do you not understand?
- Muhammad Asad
- And nothing is the life of this world but a play and a passing delight; and the life in the hereafter is by far the better for all who are conscious of God. Will you not, then, use your reason?
- Sahih International
- And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh, so will you not reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu | (is) the life | حيي |
| 3 | ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | لَعِبٌۭlaʿibun | a play | لعب |
| 6 | وَلَهْوٌۭ ۖwalahwun | and amusement | لهو |
| 7 | وَلَلدَّارُwalalddāru | but the home | دور |
| 8 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu | (of) the Hereafter | أخر |
| 9 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) best | خير |
| 10 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 11 | يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūna | (are) God conscious | وقي |
| 12 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then not | — |
| 13 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | (will) you reason | عقل |