Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
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Arabic | | الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا |  | Transliteration | | Almalu waalbanoona zeenatu alhayati alddunya waalbaqiyatu alssalihatu khayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun amalan | |
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | Wealth and children are an adornment of this, world's life: but good deeds, the fruit whereof endures forever, are of far greater merit in thy Sustainer's sight, and a far better source of hope. | | | M. M. Pickthall | | Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of the world. But the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and better in respect of hope. | | Shakir | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; and the ever-abiding, the good works, are better with your Lord in reward and better in expectation. | | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes. | | Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) | | Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes. | | | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Wealth and children are the adornment of this present life. But that which endures are ones in accord with morality. These are better with thy Lord in reward for good deeds and better for hopefulness. | | Wahiduddin Khan | | Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of this world. But deeds of lasting merit are better rewarded by your Lord and a far better source of hope. | | | T.B.Irving | | Wealth and children are an attraction during worldly life. Yet honorable deeds that last forever are better as a recompense from your Lord and even better to hope for. | | [Al-Muntakhab] | | Wealth and progeny feature the attraction and allurement exciting the pleasurable emotion of people in life here below, but what is infinite in future duration considered by Allah to have eternal consequences and hopeful reward are the deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety. | | [Progressive Muslims] | | Wealth and buildings are the beauty of this life. But the good deeds that remain behind are better with your Lord for a reward, and better for hope. | | Abdel Haleem | | Wealth and children are the attractions of this worldly life, but lasting good works have a better reward with your Lord and give better grounds for hope. | | Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Substance and sons are the adornment of the life of the World, and the righteous works that last are excellent with thy Lord in respect of reward, and excellent in respect of hope. | | Ahmed Ali | | Wealth and children are only the gloss of this world, but good deeds that abide are better with your Lord for recompense, and better for expectation. | | Aisha Bewley | | Wealth and sons are the embellishment of the life of this world. But, in your Lord´s sight, right actions which are lasting bring a better reward and are a better basis for hope. | | Ali Ünal | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the present, worldly life, but the good, righteous deeds (based on faith and) which endure are better in the sight of your Lord in bringing reward and better to aspire for. | | Ali Quli Qara'i | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of the world, but lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward and better in hope. | | Amatul Rahman Omar | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world. But with regard to (immediate) reward, ever-abiding righteous deeds are the best in the sight of your Lord, they (also) promise the best hope (in respect of the future). | | Hamid S. Aziz | | Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of this world; but good works which endure are better with your Lord, for recompense, and better for hope. | | Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Wealth and sons are the adornment of the present life; and the enduring deeds of righteousness are more charitable in the Providence of your Lord for requital, and more charitable in aspiration. | | Muhammad Sarwar | | Children and property are the ornaments of the worldly life, but for deeds which continually produce virtue one can obtain better rewards from God and have greater hope in Him. | | Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Wealth and children are the embellishment of the worldly life, and the everlasting virtues are better with your Lord, both in rewards and in creating good hopes | | Shabbir Ahmed | | (Our Bounties and Blessings are for you to enjoy, but they are a means to a higher end (7:32)). Wealth and children are the joys of the life of this world. But good deeds that fulfill the needs of others, their fruit endures forever. Such actions are of far greater merit in the Sight of your Lord, and the best foundation of hope. (19:76). | | Syed Vickar Ahamed | | Wealth and sons are (only) desires and temptations in the life of this world: But the things that last, good deeds with your Lord, are the best as (the basis for all) reward and hopes. | | Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope. | | Farook Malik | | Likewise, wealth and children are an attraction of this worldly life; yet honorable deeds that last forever are better rewarded by your Lord and hold for you a better hope of salvation. | | | Dr. Munir Munshey | | The wealth and children are mere adornments for the life of this world. In the eyes of Allah, the good deeds one leaves behind are better in terms of expectations and outcome. | | Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | Wealth and children are (mere) adornment of the worldly life, but the things that (actually) endure (are) the good deeds (which) are best in the Sight of your Lord as for reward and (also) most valuable as regards hope. | | | Dr. Kamal Omar | | The wealth and the sons are the adornment of the life of this world; and the righteous deeds of a lasting character are better in the sight of your Nourisher-Sustainer for rewards, and better as a hope for the future. | | | Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) | | Wealth and children are the adornments of the life of the present, but the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of your Lord as rewards, and best as hopes. | | Maududi | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of the world. But the deeds of lasting righteousness are the best in the sight of your Lord in reward, and far better a source of hope. | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Your wealth and children are nothing but the vanities of this world. What really counts is your good deeds which raises you expectations for the Lord’s reward. | | | Faridul Haque | | Wealth and sons are ornaments of the life of this world; and good deeds that last - their reward is better before your Lord, and are better in respect of hope. | | | Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Wealth and children are the ornament of this present life. But the things that last and good deeds, are better with your Lord in reward and hope. | | Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; but the ever-abiding, the good works, are better with thy Lord in reward and better in hope. | | | Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | The property/possession/wealth and the sons/sons and daughters (are) the life the present's/worldly life's decoration/beauty , and the remainders the correct/righteous deeds (are) better at your Lord (in) a reward/replacement , and better hope. | | Sher Ali | | Wealth and children are ornaments of the life of this world. But enduring good works are better in the sight of thy Lord in respect of immediate reward, and better in respect of future hope. | | Rashad Khalifa | | Money and children are the joys of this life, but the righteous works provide an eternal recompense from your Lord, and a far better hope. | | | Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Wealth and sons are ornaments of the life of this world; and good deeds that last – their reward is better before your Lord, and are better in respect of hope. | | Hilali & Khan | | Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world. But the good righteous deeds (five compulsory prayers, deeds of Allahs obedience, good and nice talk, remembrance of Allah with glorification, praises and thanks, etc.), that last, are better with your Lord for rewards and better in respect of hope. | |
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
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Arthur John Arberry | | Wealth and sons are the adornment of the present world; but the abiding things, the deeds of righteousness, are better with God in reward, and better in hope. | | Edward Henry Palmer | | Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; but enduring good works are better with thy Lord, as a recompense, and better as a hope. | | George Sale | | Wealth and children are the ornaments of this present life: But good works, which are permanent, are better in the sight of thy Lord, with respect to the reward, and better with respect to hope. | | John Medows Rodwell | | Wealth and children are the adornment of this present life: but good works, which are lasting, are better in the sight of thy Lord as to recompense, and better as to hope. | | | N J Dawood (draft) | | Wealth and children are the ornament of this life. But deeds of lasting merit are better rewarded by your Lord and hold for you a greater hope of salvation. | |
Partial Translations, or works in progress
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| Sayyid Qutb | | Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world: but the things that endure, good deeds, are of far greater merit in your Lord’s sight, and a far better source of hope. | |
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