Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:107

16:107

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

dhālika bi-annahumu is'taḥabbū l-ḥayata l-dun'yā ʿalā l-ākhirati wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna

That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

— Saheeh International

This is because they love the life of this world more than the one to come, and God does not guide those who reject Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That is because they loved and preferred the life of this world over that of the Hereafter. And Allâh guides not the people who disbelieve.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
بِأَنَّهُمُbi-annahumubecause
ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey preferred
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers