Surah Al-Baqara Verse 96 - English Translation by Mir Aneesuddin
Surah Al-Baqaraوَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمۡ أَحۡرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٖ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمۡ لَوۡ يُعَمَّرُ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحۡزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرُۢ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ
And you will definitely find them the greediest among human beings for life and (also) among those who associate partners with God , each one of them loves that he should be granted to live for thousand years, but to live (so long) would by no means remove him from the punishment, and God is the Seer of what they do