Quran 15:88 — Al-Hijr, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not look longingly at the good things We have given some to enjoy. Do not grieve over the [disbelievers], but lower your wings over the believers
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka lil'mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy; and do not sorrow for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers,
- Muhammad Asad
- [so] turn, not thine eyes [longingly] towards the worldly benefits which We have granted unto some of those [that deny the truth]. And neither grieve over those [who refuse to heed thee], but spread the wings of thy tenderness over the believers,
- Sahih International
- Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 2 | تَمُدَّنَّtamuddanna | extend | مدد |
| 3 | عَيْنَيْكَʿaynayka | your eyes | عين |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | towards | — |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnā | We have bestowed | متع |
| 7 | بِهِۦٓbihi | with it | — |
| 8 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | (to) categories | زوج |
| 9 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 11 | تَحْزَنْtaḥzan | grieve | حزن |
| 12 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 13 | وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍ | And lower | خفض |
| 14 | جَنَاحَكَjanāḥaka | your wing | جنح |
| 15 | لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīna | to the believers | أمن |