ٱلرُّوم : ٧

  • يَعۡلَمُونَ They know
  • ظَٰهِرٗا (the) apparent
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ the life
  • ٱلدُّنۡيَا (of) the world
  • وَهُمۡ but they
  • عَنِ about
  • ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ the Hereafter
  • هُمۡ [they]
  • غَٰفِلُونَ (are) heedless
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.
They know [merely] an outward aspect of the life of this world, that is to say, its various means of [securing] livelihood, such as commerce, agriculture, construction and cultivation and so on; but they, of the Hereafter, they are oblivious (this repetition of hum, 'they', is for emphasis).