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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 14
زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world’s life; but Allâh has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers) with Him.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
زُيِّنَ
zuyyina
Beautified
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for mankind
حُبُّ
ḥubbu
(is) love
ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ
l-shahawāti
(of) the (things they) desire
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
[the] women
وَٱلْبَنِينَ
wal-banīna
and [the] sons
وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ
wal-qanāṭīri
and [the] heaps
ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ
l-muqanṭarati
[the] stored up
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلذَّهَبِ
l-dhahabi
[the] gold
وَٱلْفِضَّةِ
wal-fiḍati
and [the] silver
وَٱلْخَيْلِ
wal-khayli
and [the] horses
ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ
l-musawamati
[the] branded
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
wal-anʿāmi
and [the] cattle
وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ
wal-ḥarthi
and [the] tilled land
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
مَتَـٰعُ
matāʿu
(is) provision
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
but Allah
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
with Him
حُسْنُ
ḥus'nu
(is an) excellent
ٱلْمَـَٔابِ
l-maābi
[the] abode to return
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14. The love of desires has been made attractive to people—desires for women, children, hoarded treasures of gold and silver, branded (fine) horses, cattle, and crops. These are the enjoyments of worldly [15] life, but the best place to return is with Allah.
[15]
Even in the Pursuit of Worldly Gains, Concern for the Hereafter is the True Success:
In this verse, the things that have been mentioned by name are those whose love is naturally embedded in the human heart, and it is through these very things that man is tested in this world, and the majority of people have failed in this test. None of these things are inherently bad, nor is loving them something unnatural, and a natural matter is not bad in itself. If the love of these things had not been placed in the human heart, then the colors of this world, these lush fields and gardens, and the sights of civilization and culture would not have been seen at all. This clearly shows that neither are these things bad in themselves, nor is loving them or acquiring them a bad thing. What is bad is that a person becomes so immersed in the love and pursuit of these things that he forgets the Hereafter altogether. However, those in whose hearts there is the fear of Allah and concern for the Hereafter, they acquire and use these very things in such a way that they attain comfort and peace in this world through them, and in the Hereafter, these very things become a means of their salvation, and in this way, a person can attain the better abode that is with Allah.
[15]
Even in the Pursuit of Worldly Gains, Concern for the Hereafter is the True Success:
In this verse, the things that have been mentioned by name are those whose love is naturally embedded in the human heart, and it is through these very things that man is tested in this world, and the majority of people have failed in this test. None of these things are inherently bad, nor is loving them something unnatural, and a natural matter is not bad in itself. If the love of these things had not been placed in the human heart, then the colors of this world, these lush fields and gardens, and the sights of civilization and culture would not have been seen at all. This clearly shows that neither are these things bad in themselves, nor is loving them or acquiring them a bad thing. What is bad is that a person becomes so immersed in the love and pursuit of these things that he forgets the Hereafter altogether. However, those in whose hearts there is the fear of Allah and concern for the Hereafter, they acquire and use these very things in such a way that they attain comfort and peace in this world through them, and in the Hereafter, these very things become a means of their salvation, and in this way, a person can attain the better abode that is with Allah.
