Surah Ar-Rum 30:7 — translation and meaning
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يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ
Word by Word
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
They know
ظَاهِرًا
zahiran
(the) apparent
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
وَهُمْ
wahum
but they
عَنِ
ani
about
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
the Hereafter
هُمْ
hum
[they]
غَافِلُونَ
ghafiluna
(are) heedless
Transliteration
Ya'lamoona zaahiram minal hayaatid dunya wa hum 'anil Aakhirati hum ghaafiloon
Translation
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They do not know faith and the rulings of the Shariah; they only know of the superficial matters of worldly life, related to earning a livelihood, whilst they turn away from the real life of the afterlife, not paying any attention to it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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