The Futility of Earthly Desires and the Eternal Consequences

Hud — Verses 15–16 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ ١٥

Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter; to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein, and they will have no diminution therein.

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ
Whosoever desires
الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا
the life of the world and its glitter;
نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا
to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein,
وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
and they will have no diminution therein.

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ ۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٦

They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire; and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do.

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ
They are those
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ ۖ
for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire
وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا
and vain are the deeds they did therein
وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
And of no effect is that which they used to do