ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّمَا
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
لَعِبٞ
وَلَهۡوٞ
وَزِينَةٞ
وَتَفَاخُرُۢ
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
وَتَكَاثُرٞ
فِي
ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ
وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ
كَمَثَلِ
غَيۡثٍ
أَعۡجَبَ
ٱلۡكُفَّارَ
نَبَاتُهُۥ
ثُمَّ
يَهِيجُ
فَتَرَىٰهُ
مُصۡفَرّٗا
ثُمَّ
يَكُونُ
حُطَٰمٗاۖ
وَفِي
ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
عَذَابٞ
شَدِيدٞ
وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ
وَمَا
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ
ٱلدُّنۡيَآ
إِلَّا
مَتَٰعُ
ٱلۡغُرُورِ
٢٠
Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This Life of this World is Fleeting Enjoyment
Allah the Exalted degrades the significance of this life and belittles it by saying,
أَنَّمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى الاٌّمْوَلِ وَالاٌّوْلْدِ
(that the life of this world is only play and amus
…This Life of this World is Fleeting Enjoyment
Allah the Exalted degrades the significance of this life and belittles it by saying,
أَنَّمَا الْحَيَوةُ ا
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