Al-Ankaboot 29:64
The Spider · ayah 64 of 69
وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌۭ وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Wama hathihi alhayatuaddunya illa lahwun walaAAibun wa-inna addaraal-akhirata lahiya alhayawanu law kanooyaAAlamoon
"And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"The life of this world is merely an amusement and a diversion; the true life is in the Hereafter, if only they knew."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew."