57:20 i'Ålamuu an-namal Hayaatud dunyaa la'Ibuw wa lahwuw wa ziynatuw wa tafaakhurum baynakum wa takaathurun fiyl amwaali wal awlaad* kamathali gaythin a'Åjabal kuf-faara nabaatuhuu thum-ma yahiyju fa taraahu muSfar-ran thum-ma yakuunu HuTaamaa* wa fiyl aakhirati 'Adhaabun shadiyduw wa magfiratum minal-laahi wa riDwaan* wa mal Hayaatud dunyaa il-laa mataa'Ul guruur

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Know that the life of this world is nothing but play and pastime, and adornment, and boasting amongst yourselves, and the desire to surpass each other in wealth and children; like the rain the produce of which pleased the farmer, then dried so you see it yellow, and then turned into dry trampled hay; and in the Hereafter is a severe punishment, and the forgiveness from Allah and His pleasure; and the life of this world is nothing but counterfeit wealth.

Yusuf Ali:
Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception?

Pickthal:
Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.