Translation of the meanings Ayah 24 Surah Al-Jāthiyah - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 24

وَقَالُواْ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا يُهۡلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

24. The 'pagans' say: There is nothing but our life in this world, we live and die 'but once' and nothing causes us to perish but 'the passing of' time. They have no 'sure' knowledge about that10. They merely follow their conjectures.

10. The real nature and meaning of life and death, and the life to come.