The Holy Quran 29:66 — Surah Al-'Ankabut

Arabic text

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

... (this they do) to show ingratitude for what (favours) We gave them and (they do it so that they may continue) to enjoy (their lives in this world without having to regulate their lives with Allaah's commands). Soon (when punishment afflicts them in this world or in the Aakhirah) they will come to know (that their behaviour had been wrong).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ingratitude of the disbelievers: that is, what ought to have been is that a person, though engaged in the pleasures of this world, does not forget Allah and the Hereafter. But the state of people is this: when a ship is caught in a storm, they call upon Allah with great devotion; then, as soon as the calamity has passed from over their heads and they…

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