Surah Al-Hijr 15:88 — translation and meaning
الحجر · Verse 88 / 99 · Page 266
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Word by Word
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَمُدَّنَّ
tamuddanna
extend
عَيْنَيْكَ
aynayka
your eyes
إِلَى
ila
towards
مَا
ma
what
مَتَّعْنَا
matta'na
We have bestowed
بِهِ
bihi
with it
أَزْوَاجًا
azwajan
(to) categories
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَحْزَنْ
tahzan
grieve
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
over them
وَاخْفِضْ
wa-ikh'fid
And lower
جَنَاحَكَ
janahaka
your wing
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
lil'mu'minina
to the believers
Transliteration
Laa tamuddanna 'ainaika ilaa maa matta 'naa biheee azwaajam minhum wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wakhfid janaahaka lilmu 'mineen
Translation
Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Do not extend your sight to the temporary enjoyments We have given to some classes of disbelievers and do not grieve over their rejection. Be humble with the believers.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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