| A time comes when his play ends, and ne leaves the royal throne as empty-handed as he was when he had entered the world | Similarly, no phase of life here is enduring and lasting |
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| Again, some people try to unravel the Unseen even though to do so lies altogether beyond their reach | There are still others who think that they have the power either to bestow honour and dignity on human beings or to degrade them, either to confer benefits or to harm them |
Melayu - Basmeih : Dan ingatlah bahawa kehidupan dunia ini meliputi segala kesenangan dan kemewahannya jika dinilaikan dengan kehidupan akhirat tidak lain hanyalah ibarat hiburan dan permainan; dan sesungguhnya negeri akhirat itu ialah kehidupan yang sebenarbenarnya; kalaulah mereka mengetahui hakikat ini tentulah mereka tidak akan melupakan hari akhirat• 中国语文 - Ma Jian : 这种今世的生活，只是娱乐和游戏；后世的住宅，确是充满生活的。 Swahili - Al-Barwani : Na haya maisha ya dunia si chochote ila ni pumbao na mchezo Na nyumba ya Akhera ndiyo maisha khasa; laiti wangeli kuwa wanajua• Somali - Abduh : Nolosha Adduunyana ma aha waxaan Ciyaar iyo Madadaalo ahayn Guriga Aakharaana u Khayr roon kuwa Dhawrsan ee Miyeyydaan wax kasayn• Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia : Dan tiadalah kehidupan dunia ini melainkan senda gurau dan mainmain Dan sesungguhnya akhirat itulah yang sebenarnya kehidupan kalau mereka mengetahui• dengan memakai ya dan ta; hal itu kemudian mendorong kamu untuk beriman.
| As soon as man crosses the boundaries of this world and steps into the Next, the reality will be fully manifest, all the misconceptions that he has entertained will be peeled away, and he will be shown the true worth of his belief and actions | |
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| Melayu - Basmeih : Dan tidak dinamakan kehidupan dunia melainkan permainan yang siasia dan hiburan yang melalaikan dan demi sesungguhnya negeri akhirat itu lebih baik bagi orangorang yang bertaqwa Oleh itu tidakkah kamu mahu berfikir• He may later, if the director of the theatre wishes, be either dismissed from his royal office, put into prison or even be sentenced to death Plays of this kind go on all over the world | What will these toys profit them when after amusing themselves with these for a score or three score and ten years in the world they will enter through the gate of death empty-handed into the Next World of eternal life and find their same allurements to have caused them an everlasting affliction? Since Ultimate Reality is hidden in this world, the superficially minded ones who lack true perception encounter many a thing which causes them to fall a prey to misconceptions |
The one has become a king here, has not become a king in reality but is only playing the king.