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What the Quran says
Meanings are our own plain-language paraphrases. Tap a reference to read the verse in full on Quran.com.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ
وَمَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَـٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّآ ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا ۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
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From the Sunnah
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This world beside the next is a drop on a fingertip.
This world compared to the Hereafter is like one of you dipping his finger in the sea: let him see what it brings back.
- Reference
- Sahih Muslim 2858
- Narrator
- Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad
- Book
- Book of Paradise, its Description and its People
Live as someone passing through.
The Prophet peace be upon him took hold of Ibn 'Umar's shoulder and said: Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveller.
- Narrator
- 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar
- Book
- Book of Softening of Hearts
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Surahs to read
Where to go next in the Quran itself.
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Reflect and act
Try this week
0 of 2 doneDo one small good deed today that no one will see.
99:7(read on Quran.com, opens in a new tab)Once this week, read 23:99 and ask what you would go back to do.
23:99(read on Quran.com, opens in a new tab)
Reflect
If this life is a drop on a fingertip, where is most of your energy going?