Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:14

3:14

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

zuyyina lilnnāsi ḥubbu l-shahawāti mina l-nisāi wal-banīna wal-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina l-dhahabi wal-fiḍati wal-khayli l-musawamati wal-anʿāmi wal-ḥarthi dhālika matāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wal-lahu ʿindahu ḥus'nu l-maābi

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 Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise].

— Saheeh International

The love of desirable things is made alluring for men- women, children, gold and silver treasures piled up high, horses with fine markings, livestock, and farmland- these may be the joys of this life, but God has the best place to return to.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

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

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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
وَٱلْحَرْثِۗwal-ḥarthiand [the] tilled land
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(is) provision
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allah
عِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him
حُسْنُḥus'nu(is an) excellent
ٱلْمَـَٔابِl-maābi[the] abode to return