Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:64

29:64

وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

wamā hādhihi l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā lahwun walaʿibun wa-inna l-dāra l-ākhirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna

And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

— Saheeh International

The life of this world is merely an amusement and a diversion; the true life is in the Hereafter, if only they knew.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And this life of the world is only an amusement and a play! Verily, the home of the Hereafter - that is the life indeed (i.e. the eternal life that will never end), if they but knew.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(is) this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatulife
ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
إِلَّاillābut
لَهْوٌۭlahwunamusement
وَلَعِبٌۭۚwalaʿibunand play
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلدَّارَl-dārathe Home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhirata(of) the Hereafter
لَهِىَlahiyasurely, it
ٱلْحَيَوَانُۚl-ḥayawānu(is) the life
لَوْlawif only
كَانُوا۟kānūthey
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow