The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Page #51
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زُيِّنَ
لِلنَّاسِ
حُبُّ
الشَّهَوَاتِ
مِنَ
النِّسَاءِ
وَالْبَنِينَ
وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ
الْمُقَنطَرَةِ
مِنَ
الذَّهَبِ
وَالْفِضَّةِ
وَالْخَيْلِ
الْمُسَوَّمَةِ
وَالْأَنْعَامِ
وَالْحَرْثِ
ذَلِكَ
مَتَاعُ
الْحَيَاةِ
الدُّنْيَا
وَاللَّهُ
عِندَهُ
حُسْنُ
الْمَآبِ
zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu sh-shahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina dh-dhahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-khayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʾanʿāmi wa-l-ḥarthi dhālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʿindahū ḥusnu l-maʾābi
Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the best of the goals (To return to).
— Abdullah Yusufali
The love of [worldly] allures, including women and children, accumulated piles of gold and silver, horses of mark, livestock, and farms has been made to seem decorous to mankind. Those are the wares of the life of this world, but the goodness of one’s ultimate destination lies near Allah.
