This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew. — Al Ankaboot 29:64 Pin
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وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌۭ وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew.

Al Ankaboot 29:64

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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