Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and preferred the life of this world [to the good of his soul]
Arthur John Arberry
and preferred the present life
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And had preferred the life of this world
Arabic
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Arabic
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا