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The present life is naught but a diversion and a sport; surely the Last Abode is Life… — Muhammad

Scripture · Religious literature

The present life is naught but a diversion and a sport; surely the Last Abode is Life, did they but know.

In the original Arabic

وَما هٰذِهِ الحَياةُ الدُّنيا إِلّا لَهوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ الدّارَ الآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الحَيَوانُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَ

Muhammad
The Quran, The Koran, 29:64 · 632
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Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
The afterlifeTemporal vs. eternal
Genre
Religious literature
Medium
Scripture
Time
632
Person
Muhammad
Provenance
Current citation
The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 29.
Original citation
The Quran. c. 630, 29:61.

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