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Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 15

سورة التغابن، الآية ١٥

64:15 Juz 28 Hizb 56 Page 557 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 64:15

إِنَّمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ۝١٥

Transliteration

innamā amwālukum wa-awlādukum fit'natun wal-lahu ʿindahu ajrun ʿaẓīmun

Translation

Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allāh has with Him a great reward.

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Verse 15 of Surah At-Taghabun (64:15), a Medinan surah, is in juz 28, on page 557 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 15

Al-Mukhtasar

Your wealth and your children are a trial and test for you. They may entice you to earn the unlawful and leave out following Allah. Allah has with Him great reward for those who give preference to following Him over following their children and becoming occupied with wealth. This great recompense is Paradise.

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Other translations of verse 15

Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and with Allah is a great reward.

Your wealth and your children are only a trial, whereas Allâh! With Him is a great reward (Paradise).

Your wealth and your children are only a temptation, whereas Allah! with Him is an immense reward.

Your riches and your children may be but a trial: but in the Presence of Allah, is the highest, Reward.

Your possessions and your children are only a trial, and Allah it is with Whom is a great reward.

Surely your riches and your children are only a temptation; (as for) Allah, in His Providence is a magnificent reward.

Verse 15 word by word

  1. إِنَّمَآ innamā Only
  2. أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ amwālukum your wealth م و ل
  3. وَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْ wa-awlādukum and your children و ل د
  4. فِتْنَةٌ fit'natun (are) a trial ف ت ن
  5. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu and Allah
  6. عِندَهُۥٓ ʿindahu with Him ع ن د
  7. أَجْرٌ ajrun (is) a reward أ ج ر
  8. عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great ع ظ م

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 15

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ali ’Imran 3:14–15

    زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ …

    Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise]. …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Anfal 8:28

    وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

    And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allāh has with Him a great reward.

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