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Does the word "people" in His Almighty's saying: {Adorned for people is the love of desires, from women and sons, and heaped-up hoards of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilled land} include both men and women, and is it permissible to apply it to women only, and does the remainder of the verse include both women and men?

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The word "people" (الناس) is the plural of "human being" (إنسان) and refers to both men and women. Thus, Allah's statement: "Beautified for people is the love of desires, from women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, livestock, and tilled land" (Quran 3:14) includes both men and women, because these desires (sex, love of sons and daughters, accumulating wealth, luxurious possessions) are common to both.

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