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Surah 40. Ghafir, Ayah 39

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يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَـٰعٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ Qur’an Ghafir (40:39)

Y a qawmi innam a h ath ihi al h ay a tu a l dduny a mat a AAun wainna al a khirata hiya d a ru alqar a r i

"O my people! This worldly life is but a brief enjoyment, whereas, behold, the life to come is the home abiding.

- Mohammad Asad

O my people! The life of this world is only temporary enjoyment, while the abode of hereafter is everlasting.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

O my people! This worldly life is only 'a fleeting' enjoyment, whereas the Hereafter is truly the home of settlement.

- Mustafa Khattab

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

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"O my people! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary) convenience: it is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last. ⁴⁴¹²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali