7يَعلَمونَ ظاهِرًا مِنَ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا وَهُم عَنِ الآخِرَةِ هُم غافِلونَMuhammad Asadthey know but the outer surface of this world's life, whereas of the ultimate things they are utterly unaware.1The term al-akhirah circumscribes, in this context, both the inner reality of this world's life and the ultimate reality of the hereafter.