Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 96
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.
Al-Baqarah · 2:96
Word by word
- وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْwalatajidannahumAnd surely you will find them
- أَحْرَصَaḥraṣa(the) most greedy
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) [the] mankind
- عَلَىٰʿalāfor
- حَيَوٰةٍۢḥayatinlife
- وَمِنَwaminaand (greedier) than
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚashrakūassociate[d] partners (with Allah)
- يَوَدُّyawadduLoves
- أَحَدُهُمْaḥaduhum(each) one of them
- لَوْlawif
- يُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruhe could be granted a life
- أَلْفَalfa(of) a thousand
- سَنَةٍۢsanatinyear(s)
- وَمَاwamāBut not
- هُوَhuwait
- بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦbimuzaḥziḥihi(will) remove him
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- أَنanthat
- يُعَمَّرَ ۗyuʿammarahe should be granted life
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
- بِمَاbimāof what
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
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