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The life of this world, that is, preoccupation with it, is nothing but a game and a diversion, while obedience and what is conducive to it are of the things of the Hereafter; surely the abode of the Hereafter (wa-la'l-dāru is also read wa-la-dāru'l-ākhirati), namely, Paradise, is better for those who fear idolatry. What, do they not understand? this, and so believe? (read a-fa-lā ya'qilūna, 'do they not understand', or a-fa-lā ta'qilūna, 'do you not understand?').