Quran 79 : 38

And preferred the life (of) the world,

وَءَاثَرَ

Waʾāthara

ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ

Alḥayawāha

ٱلدُّنْيَا

Addunyā

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And was preoccupied with the worldly life.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And had preferred the life of this world

Wahiduddin Khan

and prefers the life of this world

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And preferred the life of the world

The Wise Quran

And preferred the worldly life,

The Study Quran

and prefers the life of this world

Talal Itani (2012)

And preferred the life of this world

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And gave preference to the worldly life.

T.B.Irving

and preferred worldly life

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (those who) had liked the life of this world

Sher Ali

And prefers the life of this world

Shakir

And prefers the life of this world

Shabbir Ahmed

And fell for instant gratifications, ('Hayat-id-duniya' = Life of this world = Short term = Instant gains = Disregard of the life to come)

Samy Mahdy

And opted for Dunya life (of this world).

Safi Kaskas

and preferred the life of this world,

Rashad Khalifa

Who was preoccupied with this life

N J Dawood 2014

and chose this present lif

Mustaqim

And preferred the life of this world,

Mustafa Khattab 2018

and preferred the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world,

Musharraf Hussain

and preferred the worldly life,

MunirMezyed2023

And prefers this worldly life (over the Hereafter),

Munir Mezyed

And preferred this worldly life,

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and preferred the worldly life (to the Hereafter)

Muhammad Sarwar

and preferred the worldly life

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And chose the life of the world

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And preferred the present life, (Literally: lowly life, i.e., the life of this world)

Muhammad Asad

and preferred the life of this world [to the good of his soul]

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And preferred/chose the life the present/worldly life

Mohammad Shafi

And had preferred the life of this world

Mir Aneesuddin

and preferred the life of this world,

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And prefers the life of this world

Maududi

and preferred the life of this world

Linda "iLham" Barto

…and showed preference for the life of this world,…

John Medows Rodwell

And hath chosen this present life

Irving/Hegab

and preferred worldly life

Hilali - Khan

And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts)

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

preferring the present life

Hamid S. Aziz

And prefers the life of this world

George Sale

and shall have chosen this present life

Fode Drame

And had preferred the life of the present world.

Faridul Haque

And preferred the worldly life

Edward Henry Palmer

and preferred the life of this world

Dr. Munir Munshey

And preferred the life of this world (to the afterlife)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And preferred the life of the world (to the Hereafter)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and held this present life in greater favor,

Dr. Kamal Omar

and preferred the life of this immediate world —

Corpus.Quran

And preferred the life (of) the world

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And had preferred the life of the present

Bijan Moeinian

and preferred this worldly life,…

Bakhtiari Nejad

and preferred this world's life

Arthur John Arberry

and preferred the present life

Amatul Rahman Omar

And prefers the present life (to the Hereafter)

Ali Ãœnal

And preferred the life of this world

Ali Quli Qara'i

and preferred the life of this world

Aisha Bewley

and preferred the life of this world,

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And preferred the life of this world,

Ahmed Hulusi

And chose to live in pursuit of worldly pleasures;

Ahmed Ali

And who preferred the life of the world

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And who chose the life of the world

Abdul Hye

and preferred the worldly life,

Abdel Haleem

and preferred the present lif