The Holy Quran 30:55 — Surah Ar-Rum

Arabic text

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Translation

The day when Qiyaamah will dawn, the criminals (sinners) will swear an oath saying, "We never stayed (in the world or in the grave) more than a moment." In this manner (just as they will be deceived to misrepresent the duration of their stay) they were always deceived (in this world by their hopes, by Shaytaan and other factors which led them to kufr and sin).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

In the Hereafter, the life of this world will seem very short: that is, their stay in the grave or in this world will seem brief. When they see calamity standing over their heads, they will say: “Alas, how quickly the life of this world and of the barzakh (the intermediate realm between death and resurrection) came to an end!

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