Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 7 (30:7)

ٱلرُّوم

يَعْلَمُونَ ظَٰهِرًا مِّنَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ غَٰفِلُونَ

Quran 30:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Ar-Rum (“The Romans”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 405 of the Madani Mushaf.

30:7
يَعْلَمُونَظَٰهِرًامِّنَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَهُمْعَنِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِهُمْغَٰفِلُونَ٧
yaʿlamūna ẓāhiran mina l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum ʿani l-ākhirati hum ghāfilūna

They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.(7)

Word by word

  1. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaThey know
  2. ظَٰهِرًاẓāhiran(the) apparent
  3. مِّنَminaof
  4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  6. وَهُمْwahumbut they
  7. عَنِʿaniabout
  8. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  9. هُمْhum[they]
  10. غَٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) heedless

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