The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
al-‘Ankabūt (The Spider)
ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت
29:64
وَمَا
هَذِهِ
الْحَيَاةُ
الدُّنْيَا
إِلَّا
لَهْوٌ
وَلَعِبٌ
وَإِنَّ
الدَّارَ
الْآخِرَةَ
لَهِيَ
الْحَيَوَانُ
لَوْ
كَانُوا
يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-mā hādhihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʾillā lahwun wa-laʿibun wa-ʾinna d-dāra l-ʾākhirata la-hiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna
The worldly life is not more than a childish game. It is the life hereafter which will be the real life, if only they knew it.
