- Nay, the fact is that you people love this fleeting life
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
But no! In fact, you love this fleeting world,
 - Mustafa Khattab
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Nay (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life 5821
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Cf. xxi. 37. Man loves haste and things of haste. For that reason he pins his faith on transitory things that come and go, and neglects the things of lasting moment, which come slowly, and whose true import will only be fully seen in the Hereafter.