سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 32

The Cattle · Meccan · Juz 7 · Page 131

وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿32﴾
And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better is the house in the Hereafter for those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2). Will you not then understand?
وَمَا wamā And not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ l-ḥayatu (is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآ l-dun'yā (of) the world
إِلَّا illā except
لَعِبٌۭ laʿibun a play
وَلَهْوٌۭ ۖ walahwun and amusement
وَلَلدَّارُ walalddāru but the home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ l-ākhiratu (of) the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭ khayrun (is) best
لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna for those who
يَتَّقُونَ ۗ yattaqūna (are) God conscious
أَفَلَا afalā Then not
تَعْقِلُونَ taʿqilūna (will) you reason

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.