The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:96
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ
أَحْرَصَ
النَّاسِ
عَلَى
حَيَاةٍ
وَمِنَ
الَّذِينَ
أَشْرَكُوا
يَوَدُّ
أَحَدُهُمْ
لَوْ
يُعَمَّرُ
أَلْفَ
سَنَةٍ
وَمَا
هُوَ
بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ
مِنَ
الْعَذَابِ
أَن
يُعَمَّرَ
وَاللَّهُ
بَصِيرٌ
بِمَا
يَعْمَلُونَ
wa-la-tajidannahum ʾaḥraṣa n-nāsi ʿalā ḥayātin wa-mina lladhīna ʾashrakū yawaddu ʾaḥaduhum law yuʿammaru ʾalfa sanatin wa-mā huwa bi-muzaḥziḥihī mina l-ʿadhābi ʾan yuʿammara wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna
However, you will find them the greediest of all men, even more than the pagans, for life. They would each gladly live for a thousand years, but such a long life would not save them from the torment. God sees what they do.
