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Al-A'la · 87:16

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بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

But you prefer the worldly life

Surah Al-A'la (The Most High) · 87:16
Translation: Sahih International. Qur'an text: Uthmani script (The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, quranenc.com), distributed via quran-json.
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  1. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

    87:13Neither dying therein nor living

  2. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    87:14He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

  3. وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

    87:15And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

  4. بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

    87:16But you prefer the worldly life

  5. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

    87:17While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

  6. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

    87:18Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

  7. صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    87:19The scriptures of Abraham and Moses

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