Translation: What is the life of this world but amusement and
play? 3497 but verily the Home in the Hereafter,-
that is life indeed, if they but knew.
Commentary:
3497 Cf. 6:32 . Amusement and play have no lasting significance except as
preparing us for the serious work of life. So this life is but an interlude, a
preparation for the real Life, which is in the Hereafter. This world's vanities are
therefore to be taken for what they are worth; but they are not to be allowed to
deflect our minds from the requirements of the inner life that really matters.
3497 Cf. 6:32 . Amusement and play have no lasting significance except as preparing us for the serious work of life. So this life is but an interlude, a preparation for the real Life, which is in the Hereafter. This world's vanities are therefore to be taken for what they are worth; but they are not to be allowed to deflect our minds from the requirements of the inner life that really matters.