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اِعْلَمُوْٓا اَنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَّلَهْوٌ وَّزِيْنَةٌ وَّتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِۗ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهٗ ثُمَّ يَهِيْجُ فَتَرٰىهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُوْنُ حُطَامًاۗ وَفِى الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيْدٌۙ وَّمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ ۗوَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَآ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُوْرِ   ( الحديد: ٢٠ )

iʿ'lamū
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
Know
annamā
أَنَّمَا
that
l-ḥayatu
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
the life
l-dun'yā
ٱلدُّنْيَا
(of) the world
laʿibun
لَعِبٌ
(is) play
walahwun
وَلَهْوٌ
and amusement
wazīnatun
وَزِينَةٌ
and adornment
watafākhurun
وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ
and boasting
baynakum
بَيْنَكُمْ
among you
watakāthurun
وَتَكَاثُرٌ
and competition in increase
فِى
of
l-amwāli
ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ
the wealth
wal-awlādi
وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِۖ
and the children
kamathali
كَمَثَلِ
like (the) example
ghaythin
غَيْثٍ
(of) a rain
aʿjaba
أَعْجَبَ
pleases
l-kufāra
ٱلْكُفَّارَ
the tillers
nabātuhu
نَبَاتُهُۥ
its growth;
thumma
ثُمَّ
then
yahīju
يَهِيجُ
it dries
fatarāhu
فَتَرَىٰهُ
and you see it
muṣ'farran
مُصْفَرًّا
turning yellow;
thumma
ثُمَّ
then
yakūnu
يَكُونُ
becomes
ḥuṭāman
حُطَٰمًاۖ
debris
wafī
وَفِى
And in
l-ākhirati
ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
the Hereafter
ʿadhābun
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
shadīdun
شَدِيدٌ
severe
wamaghfiratun
وَمَغْفِرَةٌ
and forgiveness
mina
مِّنَ
from
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
wariḍ'wānun
وَرِضْوَٰنٌۚ
and Pleasure
wamā
وَمَا
But not
l-ḥayatu
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
(is) the life
l-dun'yā
ٱلدُّنْيَآ
(of) the world
illā
إِلَّا
except
matāʿu
مَتَٰعُ
(the) enjoyment
l-ghurūri
ٱلْغُرُورِ
(of) delusion

I'lamooo annamal hayaa tud dunyaa la'ibunw wa lahwunw wa zeenatunw wa takaasurun bainakum wa takaasurn fil amwaali wal awlaad, kamasali ghaisin a'jabal kuffaara nabaatuhoo summa yaheeju fataraahu musfaaran summa yakoonu hutaamaa; wa fil aakhirati 'azaabun shadeedunw wa magh firatum minal laahi wa ridwaan; wa mal haiyaa tuddun yaaa illaa mataa'ul ghuroor (al-Ḥadīd 57:20)

Sahih International:

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. (Al-Hadid [57] : 20)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Know well that the worldly life is but a play and an amusement, and a show of beauty, and exchange of boastful claims between you, and a competition of increase in riches and children. (All this is) like a rain, the growth of which attracts the farmers, then it withers, and you see it turning yellow, then it becomes straw. And in the Hereafter there is a severe punishment (for the disbelievers), and forgiveness from Allah and (Allah’s) pleasure (for the believers and the righteous). The worldly life is nothing but a material of delusion.