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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ash-Shuraa 42:36

Word by word

فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allāh is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فما أوتيتم -أيها الناس- من شيء من المال أو البنين وغير ذلك فهو متاع لكم في الحياة الدنيا، سُرعان ما يزول، وما عند الله تعالى من نعيم الجنة المقيم خير وأبقى للذين آمنوا بالله ورسله، وعلى ربهم يتوكلون.

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