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{ وَلاَ تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجاً مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ }

Nor extend your gaze to what We have given to some pairs among them to enjoy [as] the flower of the life of this world…He said:That is, ‘Do not direct your attention to that which results in the whispering of Satan, opposition(mukhālafa) to the All-Merciful, cravings (amānī) from the lower self, or acquiescence (sukūn) in what is familiar to one’s [basic] nature (ṭabʿ)’; for each one of these is among the things which cut a person off from the remembrance (dhikr) of God, Mighty and Majestic is He.His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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