Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
unless it be by an act of mercy from Us and a grant of life for a [further span of] time
Arthur John Arberry
save as a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a while
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world) convenience (to serve them) for a time
Arabic
إِلَّا رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنَّا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ٤٤
Transliteration (2021)
illā raḥmatan minnā wamatāʿan ilā ḥīni