Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururan AAalayha yattaki-oon (surah Zukhruf: 34)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(43:34) and (silver) doors to their houses, and couches (of silver) upon which they would recline; *33

Wa libu yootihim abwaabanw wa sururan `alaihaa yattaki`oon

*33) That is, "This silver and gold whose possession by somebody is the highest blessing and the very climax of good fortune in your sight, is so base and contemptible a thing in the sight of Allah that had there been no danger of alI human beings being inclined towards unbelief, He would have made every disbeliever's house of gold and silver. Since when has the abundance of this worthless commodity become proof of man's nobility and his piety and his spiritual purity? This kind of wealth is even found in the possession of those foul and wicked people whose filthy characters make the whole society stink. And this you have made the criterion of man's greatness of character. "