Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
they know but the outer surface of this world’s life, whereas of the ultimate things they are utterly unaware
Arthur John Arberry
They know an outward part of the present life, but of the Hereafter they are heedless
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of the End of things they are heedless
Arabic
یَعۡلَمُونَ ظَـٰهِرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا وَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ هُمۡ غَـٰفِلُونَ ٧
Transliteration (2021)
yaʿlamūna ẓāhiran mina l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum ʿani l-ākhirati hum ghāfilūn