Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:32

6:32

وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā laʿibun walahwun walalddāru l-ākhiratu khayrun lilladhīna yattaqūna afalā taʿqilūna

And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh, so will you not reason?

— Saheeh International

The life of this world is nothing but a game and a distraction; the Home in the Hereafter is best for those who are aware of God. Why will you [people] not understand?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better is the house in the Hereafter for those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2). Will you not then understand?

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
إِلَّاillāexcept
لَعِبٌۭlaʿibuna play
وَلَهْوٌۭۖwalahwunand amusement
وَلَلدَّارُwalalddārubut the home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
يَتَّقُونَۗyattaqūna(are) God conscious
أَفَلَاafalāThen not
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(will) you reason