In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
“Nothing is the life of this world but play and amusement, but best is the Home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous, will you not then understand?” (6:32)

The Holy Quran, Sura Ash-Shuara - الشعراء

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مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ
It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!
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ثُمَّ جَاءهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised!
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أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ
Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,
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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?
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فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"
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فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not;
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لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;
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كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.
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فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
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وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ
Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,