As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them(5858) a Day (that will be) hard.
5858 Fleeting life: Cf. 75:20. They: the immediate reference was to the Pagan Quraysh; the general reference is to the Unbelievers of all ages. They reject, or at least put away the thought of, a Hereafter, a Day that will be hard, for the easy pleasures of a fleeting life.