سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 131
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ ﴿131﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And strain not your eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to various groups of them (polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), the splendour of the life of this world, that We may test them thereby. But the provision (good reward in the Hereafter) of your Lord is better and more lasting.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَمُدَّنَّ
tamuddanna
extend
عَيْنَيْكَ
ʿaynayka
your eyes
إِلَىٰ
ilā
towards
مَا
mā
what
مَتَّعْنَا
mattaʿnā
We have given for enjoyment
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
[with it]
أَزْوَٰجًۭا
azwājan
pairs
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
زَهْرَةَ
zahrata
(the) splendor
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ
linaftinahum
that We may test them
فِيهِ ۚ
fīhi
in it
وَرِزْقُ
wariz'qu
And (the) provision
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) better
وَأَبْقَىٰ
wa-abqā
and more lasting
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
131. 1 This is the same subject that has previously been mentioned in Surah Al-Imran 196-197, Surah Al-Hijr 87-88, and Surah Al-Kahf 7, etc.
