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Ali 'Imran 3:14

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

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].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

حُسِّن للناس حبُّ الشهوات من النساء والبنين، والأموال الكثيرة من الذهب والفضة، والخيل الحسان، والأنعام من الإبل والبقر والغنم، والأرض المتَّخَذة للغراس والزراعة. ذلك زهرة الحياة الدنيا وزينتها الفانية. والله عنده حسن المرجع والثواب، وهو الجنَّة.

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