O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home. — Ghafir 40:39 Pin
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يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَٰعٌۭ وَإِنَّ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ

O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home.

Ghafir 40:39

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home.”

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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