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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 14of 200

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.

Word-by-word meaning

زُيِّنَzuyyinaBeautified
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
حُبُّḥubbu(is) love
ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawāti(of) the (things they) desire
مِنَminaof
ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi[the] women
وَٱلْبَنِينَwal-banīnaand [the] sons
وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِwal-qanāṭīriand [the] heaps
ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِl-muqanṭarati[the] stored up
مِنَminaof
ٱلذَّهَبِl-dhahabi[the] gold
وَٱلْفِضَّةِwal-fiḍatiand [the] silver
وَٱلْخَيْلِwal-khayliand [the] horses
ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِl-musawamati[the] branded
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand [the] cattle
وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗwal-ḥarthiand [the] tilled land
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(is) provision
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allah
عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him
حُسْنُḥus'nu(is an) excellent
ٱلْمَـَٔابِl-maābi[the] abode to return

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The True Value of This Earthly LifeAllah mentions the delights that He put in this life for people, such as women and children, and He started with women, because the test with them is more tempting. For instance, the Sahih recorded that the Messenger ﷺ said,«مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاء»(I did not leave behind me a test more tempting to men than women.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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