al-A`la 87:17

AYAH al-A`la 87:17	87:18 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 87:16
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى
Transliteration		Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa
Transliteration-2		wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abq
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		While the Hereafter (is) better and everlasting.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		although the life to come is better and more enduring
M. M. Pickthall		Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		But the Hereafter is better and more enduring
Shakir		While the hereafter is better and more lasting
Wahiduddin Khan		although the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		yet the world to come is better, and one that endures.
T.B.Irving		whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.
Safi Kaskas		whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Abdul Hye		although the Hereafter is better and everlasting.
The Study Quran		while the Hereafter is better and more enduring
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		But the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Abdel Haleem		even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Whereas the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Ahmed Ali		Though the life to come is better and abiding
Aisha Bewley		when the akhira is better and longer lasting.
Ali Ünal		While the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Ali Quli Qara'i		while the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Hamid S. Aziz		Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And the Hereafter is more charitable (i.e., better) and more enduring
Muhammad Sarwar		even though the life hereafter will be better and will last forever
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		while the Hereafter is much better and much more durable
Shabbir Ahmed		Although the Hereafter is better and more enduring
Syed Vickar Ahamed		But the Hereafter is better and (it) lasts longer
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		While the Hereafter is better and more enduring
Farook Malik		while the Hereafter is better and everlasting
Dr. Munir Munshey		Although the hereafter _ (the life-to-come) _ is far superior and more enduring
Dr. Kamal Omar		although the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		Though the Hereafter is better, and more lasting
Maududi		whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		while the hereafter is better and more lasting
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		But the hereafter is better and longer lasting
Musharraf Hussain		yet the Hereafter is far better and everlasting.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		Butthe Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Mohammad Shafi		Whereas the Hereafter is better and enduring

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		…. it is life after death which is worth and ever lasting
Faridul Haque		Whereas the Hereafter is better and everlasting
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		but the Everlasting Life is better, and more enduring
Maulana Muhammad Ali		While the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And the end (other life is) better and more lasting (everlasting)
Sher Ali		Whereas the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Rashad Khalifa		Even though the Hereafter is far better and everlasting
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		And the Hereafter is better and lasting.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Though the (the life in) the Hereafter is much better and more lasting
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		Whereas (the comfort and pleasure of) the Hereafter is preferable and everlasting
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		and the world to come is better, and more enduring
Edward Henry Palmer		while the hereafter is better and more lasting
George Sale		Yet the life to come is better, and more durable
John Medows Rodwell		Though the life to come is better and more enduring
N J Dawood (2014)		although the life to come is better and more lasting

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		But the hereafter is better and permanent.
Sayyid Qutb		while the life to come is better and longer lasting.
Ahmed Hulusi		When the life after (the dimension of power and consciousness) is much better and more lasting.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)		"even though the Next Life is better, and more lasting."
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		While the world to come is better and more lasting
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		While the Hereafter is far better, blissful, infinitely lasting and enduring
Mir Aneesuddin		while the hereafter is better and that which remains.

AYAH al-A`la 87:17

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