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Qur’an 87:16 Al-A'la, verse 16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

But you prefer the worldly life,

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-A'la (87)
Verse
16 of 19
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
592

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
بَلْbalNay
تُؤْثِرُونَtu'thirūnaYou preferأ ث ر
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe lifeح ي ي
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the worldد ن و

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 87:16 in Al-A'la.

  • 87:14قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰHe has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
  • 87:15وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰAnd mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
  • 87:17وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓWhile the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
  • 87:18إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰIndeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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