Humility, Compassion, and Brotherhood Among Believers

Al-Hijr — Verses 88–88 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨٨

Look not with your eyes ambitiously at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them (the disbelievers), nor grieve over them. And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers).

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ
Look not with your eyes ambitiously
إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ
at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them (the disbelievers)
وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ
nor grieve over them.
وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers).