Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:36

42:36

فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

famā ūtītum min shayin famatāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun wa-abqā lilladhīna āmanū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allāh is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely

— Saheeh International

What you have been given is only the fleeting enjoyment of this world. Far better and more lasting is what God will give to those who believe and trust in their Lord;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So whatever you have been given is but (a passing) enjoyment for this worldly life, but that which is with Allâh (Paradise) is better and more lasting for those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and put their trust in their Lord (concerning all of their affairs).

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

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فَمَآfamāSo whatever
أُوتِيتُمūtītumyou are given
مِّنminof
شَىْءٍۢshayina thing
فَمَتَـٰعُfamatāʿu(is) but a passing enjoyment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(for) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَمَاwamāBut what
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand upon
رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
يَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūnaput (their) trust