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Qur’an 57:20 Al-Hadid, verse 20
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌۭ وَلَهْوٌۭ وَزِينَةٌۭ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّۭا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمًۭا ۖ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
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 Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ | iʿ'lamū | Know | ع ل م |
| أَنَّمَا | annamā | that | |
| ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ | l-ḥayatu | the life | ح ي ي |
| ٱلدُّنْيَا | l-dun'yā | (of) the world | د ن و |
| لَعِبٌۭ | laʿibun | (is) play | ل ع ب |
| وَلَهْوٌۭ | walahwun | and amusement | ل ه و |
| وَزِينَةٌۭ | wazīnatun | and adornment | ز ي ن |
| وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ | watafākhurun | and boasting | ف خ ر |
| بَيْنَكُمْ | baynakum | among you | ب ي ن |
| وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ | watakāthurun | and competition in increase | ك ث ر |
| فِى | fī | of | |
| ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ | l-amwāli | the wealth | م و ل |
| وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖ | wal-awlādi | and the children | و ل د |
| كَمَثَلِ | kamathali | like (the) example | م ث ل |
| غَيْثٍ | ghaythin | (of) a rain | غ ي ث |
| أَعْجَبَ | aʿjaba | pleases | ع ج ب |
| ٱلْكُفَّارَ | l-kufāra | the tillers | ك ف ر |
| نَبَاتُهُۥ | nabātuhu | its growth | ن ب ت |
| ثُمَّ | thumma | then | |
| يَهِيجُ | yahīju | it dries | ه ي ج |
| فَتَرَىٰهُ | fatarāhu | and you see it | ر أ ي |
| مُصْفَرًّۭا | muṣ'farran | turning yellow | ص ف ر |
| ثُمَّ | thumma | then | |
| يَكُونُ | yakūnu | becomes | ك و ن |
| حُطَـٰمًۭا ۖ | ḥuṭāman | debris | ح ط م |
| وَفِى | wafī | And in | |
| ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ | l-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أ خ ر |
| عَذَابٌۭ | ʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | ع ذ ب |
| شَدِيدٌۭ | shadīdun | severe | ش د د |
| وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ | wamaghfiratun | and forgiveness | غ ف ر |
| مِّنَ | mina | from | |
| ٱللَّهِ | l-lahi | Allah | أ ل ه |
| وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ | wariḍ'wānun | and Pleasure | ر ض و |
| وَمَا | wamā | But not | |
| ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ | l-ḥayatu | (is) the life | ح ي ي |
| ٱلدُّنْيَآ | l-dun'yā | (of) the world | د ن و |
| إِلَّا | illā | except | |
| مَتَـٰعُ | matāʿu | (the) enjoyment | م ت ع |
| ٱلْغُرُورِ | l-ghurūri | (of) delusion | غ ر ر |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 57:20 in Al-Hadid.
- 57:18إِنَّ ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَٰتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭIndeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allah a goodly loan - it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble reward.
- 57:19وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِAnd those who have believed in Allah and His messengers - those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light. But those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of Hellfire.
- 57:21سَابِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِRace toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
- 57:22مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭNo disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allah, is easy -
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