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1See Al-Qur'ā n: A Contemporary Translation, trans. Ahmed Ali, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Citation2001): ‘Know that the life of this world/is only a frolic and mummery, an ornamentation’ (Al-Hadid), sura 57, verse 20, p. 471; ‘As for the life of this world,/it is nothing but a merchandise of vanity’ (Al-’Imrān), sura 3, verse 185, p. 70;’As for the life of this world,/it is nothing but a frolic and frivolity’, (Al-An'ām), sura 6, verse 32, p. 117; ‘The life of this world is only a sport and a play’, (Al-’Ankabut), sura 29, verse 64, p. 342; ‘Verily the life of this world/is no more than a sport and frivolity’, (Muhammad), sura 47, verse 36, p. 438. As an alternative set of translations, we have also provided the following, more homogenous renderings, as a potential option for the author and editors, from The Holy Qur'ān: Text, Translation and Commentary, trans. A. Yusuf Ali, (Brentwood, Maryland: Amana Corp., 1983): ‘Know ye (all), that/ The life of this world/Is but play and amusement…’, (Hadid), sura 57, verse 20, pp. 1503–4; ‘For the life of this world/Is but goods and chattels/Of deception’ (Al-i-’Imrān), sura 3, verse 185, p. 172;’What is the life of this world/But play and amusement?’, (An'ām), sura 6, verse 32, p. 297; ‘What is the life of this world/ But amusement and play?’, (‘Ankabut), sura 29, verse 64, p. 1047; ‘The life of this world/Is but play and amusement’, (Muhammad), sura 47, verse 36, p. 1387. Trans.