بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
16. But you prefer the worldly life,
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
17. While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
15. And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
16. But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ
4. And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
1. Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
2. Until you visit the graveyards.
الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ
2. Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.
يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُ أَخْلَدَهُ
3. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
