Quran 20:131 — Taa-Haa, verse 131
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and do not gaze longingly at what We have given some of them to enjoy, the finery of this present life: We test them through this, but the provision of your Lord is better and more lasting.
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
walā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum zahrata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā linaftinahum fīhi wariz'qu rabbika khayrun wa-abqā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy - the flower of the present life, that We may try them therein and thy Lord's provision is better, and more enduring.
- Muhammad Asad
- And never turn thine, eyes [with longing] towards whatever splendour of this world's life We may have allowed so many others to enjoy in order that We might test them thereby: for the sustenance which thy Sustainer provides [for thee] is better and more enduring.
- Sahih International
- And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَمُدَّنَّtamuddanna | extend | مدد |
| 3 | عَيْنَيْكَʿaynayka | your eyes | عين |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | towards | — |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnā | We have given for enjoyment | متع |
| 7 | بِهِۦٓbihi | [with it] | — |
| 8 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | pairs | زوج |
| 9 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 10 | زَهْرَةَzahrata | (the) splendor | زهر |
| 11 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 12 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 13 | لِنَفْتِنَهُمْlinaftinahum | that We may test them | فتن |
| 14 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | in it | — |
| 15 | وَرِزْقُwariz'qu | And (the) provision | رزق |
| 16 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 17 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 18 | وَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqā | and more lasting | بقي |