إِنَّمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
Innamaa amwaalukum wa awlaadukum fitnah; wallaahu 'indahooo ajrun 'azeem
Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allah has with Him a great reward.
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Worldly life & wealth
64:15Ayah 118
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Your possessions and your children are only a trial for you distracting you from the concerns of the Hereafter and God — with Him is a great reward so do not forfeit it by preoccupying yourselves with possessions and children.
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"Trials will not cease afflicting the believing man and the believing woman in their self, children, and wealth, until they meet Allah without having any sin."
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"Indeed the most wholesome of what you consume is from your earnings, and indeed your children are from your earnings."
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