The Holy Quran 23:114 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

قَـٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

He (Allaah) will say, "(Although not a day or a part of a day, the fact is certain that) You stayed only for a little while. If only you had known (this while living in the world, then you would not have wasted your precious time)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, the span of life in the world was indeed short. But had you understood this in the world from what the prophets said, you would never have been deluded by these perishable goods and become heedless of the end, nor would you have committed the insolence and mischief that you committed while immersed in the fleeting and perishable pleasures of the…

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