Quran 87 : 16

Nay! You prefer the life (of) the world,
بَلْ
Bal
تُؤْثِرُونَ
Tuuthirūna
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ
Alḥayawāha
ٱلدُّنْيَا
Addunyā

Musharraf Hussain

You prefer the worldly life,

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

No,you desire the worldly life.

George Sale

But ye prefer this present life

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

But you prefer the present life

Irving/Hegab

Instead you prefer worldly life

John Medows Rodwell

But ye prefer this present life

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

But you prefer the worldly life

T.B.Irving

Instead you prefer worldly life

Talal Itani (2012)

But you prefer the present life

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

But you prefer the worldly life

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

But you prefer the living world.

MunirMezyed2023

Yet you prefer the worldly life,

Safi Kaskas

But you prefer this worldly life,

The Wise Quran

Nay, you prefer the worldly life,

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

But ye prefer the life of the worl

Munir Mezyed

Yet you prefer the ‘worldly life’,

Maududi

No; but you prefer the present life

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

But ye prefer the life of this world

Arthur John Arberry

Nay, but you prefer the present life

Mohammad Shafi

But no, you prefer this worldly life

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

But you prioritize the worldly life.

Bakhtiari Nejad

No, but you prefer this world's life,

Sher Ali

But you prefer the life of this world

Wahiduddin Khan

But you prefer the life of this world

Bilal Muhammad 2018

No, you prefer the life of the present

Hilali - Khan

Nay, you prefer the life of this world

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But, you prefer the life of this world

Mir Aneesuddin

No, you prefer the life of this world,

Mustaqim

But you prefer the life of this world,

Shakir

Nay! you prefer the life of this world

Corpus.Quran

Nay You prefer the life (of) the world

Fode Drame

Nay! You prefer the life of this world.

Ahmed Ali

But no, you prefer the life of the world

Ali Quli Qara'i

Rather you prefer the life of this world

Edward Henry Palmer

Nay! but ye prefer the life of this world

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But no! You prefer the life of this world

Aisha Bewley

Yet still you prefer the life of the dunya

Hamid S. Aziz

Nay! But you prefer the life of this world

Samy Mahdy

Nay, but you opted for Dunya (World) life.

The Study Quran

Nay, but you prefer the life of this world

N J Dawood 2014

Yet you¹ prefer the life of this world

Abdul Hye

Nay, (O people) you prefer the worldly life,

Faridul Haque

But rather you prefer the life of this world

Dr. Kamal Omar

Nay! You people prefer the life of this world

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world

Rashad Khalifa

Indeed, you are preoccupied with this first life

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Nay! You hold this present life in greater favor,

Linda "iLham" Barto

Ridiculous! You prefer the life of this world.

Muhammad Sarwar

However, (the disbelievers) prefer the worldly lif

Abdel Haleem

Yet you [people] prefer the life of this world

Amatul Rahman Omar

But the fact is that you people prefer the present life

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

But you prefer/choose the life the present/worldly life

Dr. Munir Munshey

No! In fact, (most of) you prefer the life of this world

Muhammad Asad

But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world

Mustafa Khattab 2018

But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,

Ali Ünal

But you (O humankind) are disposed to prefer the life of this world

Ahmed Hulusi

But you prefer the life of the world (the lowest state of existence)!

Bijan Moeinian

Mankind should realize that this worldly life is worth nothing;…

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Yet you go for the (pleasures of) the worldly life (instead of turning towards Allah)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

No indeed, (but) you prefer the present life, (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world)

Shabbir Ahmed

But nay, you prefer the life of this world. (Given to instant gains instead of living upright that ensures success in both lives (2:201), (3:147), (4:134), (7:156), (10:64), (17:72), (28:77), (42:22))