Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:24

45:24

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

waqālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuh'likunā illā l-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yaẓunnūna

And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

— Saheeh International

They say, ‘There is only our life in this world: we die, we live, nothing but time destroys us.’ They have no knowledge of this; they only follow guesswork. Their only argument,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say: "There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live and nothing destroys us except Ad-Dahr (time). And they have no knowledge of it: they only conjecture.

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
مَاmāNot
هِىَhiyait
إِلَّاillā(is) but
حَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāour life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
نَمُوتُnamūtuwe die
وَنَحْيَاwanaḥyāand we live
وَمَاwamāand not
يُهْلِكُنَآyuh'likunādestroys us
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلدَّهْرُۚl-dahruthe time
وَمَاwamāAnd not
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaof that
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍۖʿil'minknowledge
إِنْinnot
هُمْhumthey
إِلَّاillā(do) but
يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnaguess