Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
The worldly life is only play, amusement, adornment, mutual boasting, and increase of wealth and children.
Mathalu-l-mu'mini-lladhi yaqra'u-l-Qur'ana mathalu-l-utrujjah, rihuha tayyibun wa ta'muha tayyib, wa mathalu-l-mu'mini-lladhi la yaqra'u-l-Qur'ana mathalu-t-tamrah, la riha laha wa ta'muha hulw.
The believer who recites the Qur'an is like a citron: its fragrance is sweet and its taste is sweet. The believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date: it has no fragrance, but its taste is sweet.