سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 64
وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿64﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And this life of the world is only an amusement and a play! Verily, the home of the Hereafter - that is the life indeed (i.e. the eternal life that will never end), if they but knew.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
(is) this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
life
ٱلدُّنْيَآ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
إِلَّا
illā
but
لَهْوٌۭ
lahwun
amusement
وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚ
walaʿibun
and play
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱلدَّارَ
l-dāra
the Home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
l-ākhirata
(of) the Hereafter
لَهِىَ
lahiya
surely, it
ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ
l-ḥayawānu
(is) the life
لَوْ
law
if only
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
64-1. That is, the world which has blinded them to the Hereafter and made them heedless of preparing provisions for it is nothing more than a play. The disbeliever remains occupied with worldly affairs, works hard day and night for it, but when he dies, he is empty-handed. Just as children play all day with houses made of mud and then return home empty-handed. Except for fatigue, they gain nothing.
64-2. Therefore, one should perform such righteous deeds by which the home of the Hereafter is adorned.
64-3. Because if they had known this, they would not have been engrossed in the world, heedless of the Hereafter. Therefore, their remedy is knowledge, knowledge of the Shariah.
64-2. Therefore, one should perform such righteous deeds by which the home of the Hereafter is adorned.
64-3. Because if they had known this, they would not have been engrossed in the world, heedless of the Hereafter. Therefore, their remedy is knowledge, knowledge of the Shariah.
