زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ
How to read it
Zuyyina li nnāssi ḥubbu shshahawāti mina nnissā'i wal-banīna wal-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina dhdhahabi wal-fiḍḍati wal-khay'li l-mussawwamati wal-'an'ʻāmi wal-ḥar'thi . dhālika matāʻu l-ḥayāti ddun'yā . wa-llahu ʻindahu ḥus'nu l-ma'ābi
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).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
