Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 32 (6:32)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ …

Quran 6:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 131 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:32
وَمَاٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَآإِلَّالَعِبٌوَلَهْوٌ ۖوَلَلدَّارُٱلَْٔاخِرَةُخَيْرٌلِّلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَ ۗأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ٣٢
wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā laʿibun walahwun walalddāru l-ākhiratu khayrun lilladhīna yattaqūna afalā taʿqilūna

And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh, so will you not reason?(32)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
  3. ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. لَعِبٌlaʿibuna play
  6. وَلَهْوٌ ۖwalahwunand amusement
  7. وَلَلدَّارُwalalddārubut the home
  8. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
  9. خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) best
  10. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  11. يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūna(are) God conscious
  12. أَفَلَاafalāThen not
  13. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(will) you reason

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