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87:16
بل توثرون الحياة الدنيا ١٦
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦
ﱚ
ﱛ
ﱜ
ﱝ
ﱞ
But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,
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Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
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Makkah
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Basrah
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Kufah
Readings
تُؤۡثِرُونَ
tuʾthirūna*
“Yet you prefer the life of this world”
This reading addresses the unbelievers (and others who neglect the Hereafter) directly.
يُؤۡثِرُونَ
yuʾthirūna*
“Yet they prefer the life of this world”
This reading refers to the unbelievers in the third person.

Explanation

These readings amount to the same meaning [Makki]. *NB: some pronounced these without hamzah: t/yūthirūna.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran