The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:74

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 74 of 77

وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And who (in their prayers) say, `Grant that our wives and our children be (a source of) comfort for (our) eyes and make us a model for those who guard against evil.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.

Ahmed Ali

And those who say: "O Lord, give us comfort in our spouses and children, and make us paragons of those who follow the straight path."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And who say: "Our Lord! Grant us that our spouses and offspring may be a means of happiness for us, and enable us to lead others in piety (to become a means of the promotion of piety and virtue)."

Daryabadi

And those who say: our Lord bestow on us coolness of eyes from our wives and our offspring, and make us unto the God-fearing a pattern.

Faridul Haque

And who submit, “Our Lord, soothe our eyes with our wives and our children, and make us leaders of the pious.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they who say, Our Lord, grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us leaders for those who guard against evil.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And those who say, `Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous.'

Muhammad Asad

and who pray: "O our Sustainer! Grant that our spouses and our offspring be a joy to our eyes, and cause us to be foremost among those who are conscious of Thee!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And those who say: "Our Lord! Bestow on us from our wives and our offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and make us leaders for the Muttaqun"

Muhammad Pickthall

And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).

Muhammad Sarwar

They pray, "Lord, let our spouses and children be the delight of our eyes and ourselves examples for the pious ones."

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against evil).

Rashad Khalifa

And they say, "Our Lord, let our spouses and children be a source of joy for us, and keep us in the forefront of the righteous."

Shabbir Ahmed

And those who say, "Our Lord! Grant us that our spouses and children be the comfort of our eyes (that they excel in character). And let us be an excellent pattern for the righteous.

Commentary 25:74 Imâm إِمَام is a model and leader, and thus the verse purports to say that one must not be satisfied with only becoming righteous himself but should aim…

وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

25:74 Imâm إِمَام is a model and leader, and thus the verse purports to say that one must not be satisfied with only becoming righteous himself but should aim at being a model and pattern for others. (For conditions to be an Imâm see 32:24)