Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:131

20:131

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

walā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum zahrata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā linaftinahum fīhi wariz'qu rabbika khayrun wa-abqā

And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.

— Saheeh International

and do not gaze longingly at what We have given some of them to enjoy, the finery of this present life: We test them through this, but the provision of your Lord is better and more lasting.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 321meccan

Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَمُدَّنَّtamuddannaextend
عَيْنَيْكَʿaynaykayour eyes
إِلَىٰilātowards
مَاmāwhat
مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāWe have given for enjoyment
بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanpairs
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
زَهْرَةَzahrata(the) splendor
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
لِنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahumthat We may test them
فِيهِۚfīhiin it
وَرِزْقُwariz'quAnd (the) provision
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāand more lasting