Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
for, indeed, the life to come will be better for thee than this earlier part [of thy life]
M. M. Pickthall
And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And verily the Hereafter will be better for thee than the present
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And the next life is certainly far better for you than this one.
Safi Kaskas
The life to come is better for you than this first life.
Wahiduddin Khan
and the Hereafter will indeed be better for you than the present life
Shakir
And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, the last will be better for thee than the first.
T.B.Irving
The Hereafter will be even better for you than the first [life] was.
Abdul Hye
Indeed, the Hereafter will be better for you than the first (worldly life).
The Study Quran
And the Hereafter shall be better for thee than this life
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The Hereafter is better for you than the First.
Talal Itani (2012)
The Hereafter is better for you than the First
Dr. Kamal Omar
And indeed, the Hereafter is better for you than the initial
Certainly the later period shall be better for you than the earlier
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And indeed the Hereafter will be more charitable (i.e., better) for you than the First (i.e., the present life)
Muhammad Sarwar
The reward in the next life will certainly be better for you than worldly gains
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely the Hereafter is much better for you than the present life
Shabbir Ahmed
And verily, being far-sighted is better for you than being short-sighted
Dr. Munir Munshey
The life to come is better for you than the earlier life
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And surely the Hereafter will be better for you than the present
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first
Abdel Haleem
and the future will be better for you than the past
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And the Hereafter is indeed better Unto thee than the life present
Ahmed Ali
What is to come is better for you than what has gone before
Aisha Bewley
The Last will be better for you than the First.
Ali Ünal
Assuredly, what comes after will be better for you than what has gone before
Ali Quli Qara'i
and the Hereafter shall be better for you than the world
Hamid S. Aziz
And surely the Hereafter is better for you than the present
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And the Hereafter is certainly better for you than the first (this life).
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And indeed the future will be better for you than the present
Musharraf Hussain
Your future will be better than the past.
Maududi
Indeed what is to come will be better for you than what has gone by
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first.
Mohammad Shafi
And, surely, the latter part [of your life] will be better for you than the earlier
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And undoubtedly, the following one is better for you than the preceding one.
The Hereafter is far better for you than this first (life)
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
The Last shall be better for you than the First
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And surely the latter state is better for thee than the former
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the end (other life) (E) (is) better for you than the first/beginning
Bijan Moeinian
Bear in mind that your Hereafter home is much better that your trnsitionary worldly place that you are living in for a while
Faridul Haque
And indeed the latter is better for you than the former
Sher Ali
Surely, thy latter state is better for thee than the former
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, every following hour is a better (source of eminence and exaltation) for you than the preceding one
Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, (your) future is better for you than your past
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And surely the life of the hereafter is better for you than the present one.
Munir Mezyed
And surely the Hereafter is far better for you than this one.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the hereafter is better for you than the first part.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And indeed the Last is better for yousg than the First,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, the hereafter will be better for you than the present.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The Hereafter will be even better for you than the first [life] was.
Samy Mahdy
And the Last one will be better for you than the First one.
Sayyid Qutb
Surely the life to come will be better for you than this present life.
Thomas Cleary
Surely hereafter is better for you than what was before.
Ahmed Hulusi
Surely, the eternal life to come is better for you than the present one.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
and the time to come will be better than the past
Indeed what awaits you in the Hereafter far excels all that you will experience here with all the gratification and happiness to be occasioned by future victory and satisfaction
Mir Aneesuddin
And surely the latter period (future) will be better for you than the former (past).
The Wise Quran
And surely the hereafter is better for you than the former;