LessonsThis world, purification, giving, and responsibility (Hadith 12–17)Quiz

الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ
Translation: The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the unbeliever.

Source: رواه مسلم

Arabic expressionMeaning
الدُّنْيَاthe present worldly life
سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِthe believer’s prison
جَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِthe unbeliever’s paradise

Brief grammar: الدُّنْيَا is the subject, and سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ is its predicate. In that phrase, سِجْنُ is the first member of a possessive construction and الْمُؤْمِنِ the second. After وَ, جَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ forms the other side of the comparison. Prison and paradise here portray the limits of worldly life in comparison with the Hereafter.

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Hadith 12 — This world and the Hereafter

This world, purification, giving, and responsibility (Hadith 12–17)

الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ
Translation: The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the unbeliever.

Source: رواه مسلم

Arabic expressionMeaning
الدُّنْيَاthe present worldly life
سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِthe believer’s prison
جَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِthe unbeliever’s paradise

Brief grammar: الدُّنْيَا is the subject, and سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ is its predicate. In that phrase, سِجْنُ is the first member of a possessive construction and الْمُؤْمِنِ the second. After وَ, جَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ forms the other side of the comparison. Prison and paradise here portray the limits of worldly life in comparison with the Hereafter.