The Life of This World: A Deceiving Enjoyment

The Life of This World in the Quran

﴿اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ

“Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement,

وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ

pomp and mutual boasting among you,

وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ ۖ

and rivalry in respect of wealth and children,

كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ

as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller;

ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا

afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow;

ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا ۖ

then it becomes straw.

وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ

But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers, evil-doers),

وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ ۚ

and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, good-doers),

وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ﴾

whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment.”

 [سورة الحديد، آية ٢٠]

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