The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
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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
What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew.
— Abdullah Yusufali
The life of this world is nothing but diversion and play, but the abode of the Hereafter is indeed Life (itself), had they known!
