Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
The worldly life is only play, amusement, adornment, mutual boasting, and increase of wealth and children.
Inna-l-'abda la-yatakallamu bi-l-kalimati min ridwani-llahi la yulqi laha balan, yarfa'u-llahu biha darajat, wa inna-l-'abda la-yatakallamu bi-l-kalimati min sakhati-llahi la yulqi laha balan yahwi biha fi jahannam.
A servant may say a word that pleases Allah without giving it much thought, and Allah raises him by degrees because of it. And a servant may say a word that angers Allah without giving it much thought, and it sinks him into Hell.