Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:96

2:96

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

walatajidannahum aḥraṣa l-nāsi ʿalā ḥayatin wamina alladhīna ashrakū yawaddu aḥaduhum law yuʿammaru alfa sanatin wamā huwa bimuzaḥziḥihi mina l-ʿadhābi an yuʿammara wal-lahu baṣīrun bimā yaʿmalūna

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], you are sure to find them clinging to life more eagerly than any other people, even the polytheists. Any of them would wish to be given a life of a thousand years, though even such a long life would not save them from the torment: God sees everything they do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And verily, you will find them (the Jews) the greediest of mankind for life and (even greedier) than those who ascribe partners to Allâh (and do not believe in Resurrection - Majûs, pagans, and idolaters). Everyone of them wishes that he could be given a life of a thousand years. But the grant of such life will not save him even a little from (due) punishment. And Allâh is All-Seer of what they do.

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

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وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْwalatajidannahumAnd surely you will find them
أَحْرَصَaḥraṣa(the) most greedy
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) [the] mankind
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
حَيَوٰةٍۢḥayatinlife
وَمِنَwaminaand (greedier) than
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أَشْرَكُوا۟ۚashrakūassociate[d] partners (with Allah)
يَوَدُّyawadduLoves
أَحَدُهُمْaḥaduhum(each) one of them
لَوْlawif
يُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruhe could be granted a life
أَلْفَalfa(of) a thousand
سَنَةٍۢsanatinyear(s)
وَمَاwamāBut not
هُوَhuwait
بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦbimuzaḥziḥihi(will) remove him
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
أَنanthat
يُعَمَّرَۗyuʿammarahe should be granted life
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do