Whatever You Have Been Given Is the Enjoyment of This Worldly Life
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وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٌ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
— القصص 60
Verse: "Whatever you have been given is the enjoyment of this worldly life and its adornment. What is with Allah is better and more enduring." (28:60) — Everything in this world. Contrast: "better" in quality + "more enduring" in permanence. Lesson: not required to leave the world — but to know its real size. "Mata'" = passing pleasure, "zina" = beautiful appearance that may hide emptiness.
Source: Ibn Kathir (6/230); Al-Sadi
Question: In what does the Hereafter surpass this world in Al-Qasas 60?
Answer: Better (higher quality) and more enduring (longer lasting) — this world is lower in quality and shorter in duration in everything it offers.