The Quran

وَإِذا رَأَوا تِجارَةً أَو لَهوًا انفَضّوا إِلَيها وَتَرَكوكَ قائِمًا ۚ قُل ما عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ مِنَ اللَّهوِ وَمِنَ التِّجارَةِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ خَيرُ الرّازِقينَ

Muhammad Asad

Yet [it does happen that] when people¹ become aware of [an occasion for] worldly gain² or a passing delight, they rush headlong towards it, and leave thee standing [and preaching].³ Say: "That which is with God is far better than all passing delight and all gain! And God is the best of providers!"

Lit., "they".
Lit., "trade" or "a bargain
Sc., "O Prophet" - thus alluding to an historical incident, when most of the congregation, on hearing that a long-expected trade caravan had come from Syria, rushed out of the mosque in the midst of the Prophet's Friday-sermon. In a wider, timeless sense, the above verse contains an allusion to an all-to-human weakness against which even true believers are not always immune: namely, the tendency to overlook religious obligations for the sake of a transitory, worldly advantage.