The Holy Quran 3:14 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

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

Translation

Beautified for mankind has been made the love of pleasures (that come) from women (there is no sin if this love is directed to one's lawful wife), children, large heaps of gold and silver, branded (pedigreed) horses, livestock and plantations. These are the luxuries of the worldly life (everlasting success is not acquired through luxuries) and with Allaah (in securing His pleasure) is a most excellent (place of) return (Jannah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Love of desirable things is a trial: that is, when a person, entangled in them, becomes heedless of Allah. That is why it is said in a hadith: ما تركت بعدي فتنة اَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ من النساء (after me I have left no trial more harmful to men than women).

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