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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 24of 75

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَأَنَّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ﴿٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟is'tajībūRespond
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
وَلِلرَّسُولِwalilrrasūliand His Messenger
إِذَاidhāwhen
دَعَاكُمْdaʿākumhe calls you
لِمَاlimāto what
يُحْيِيكُمْ ۖyuḥ'yīkumgives you life
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَحُولُyaḥūlucomes
بَيْنَbayna(in) between
ٱلْمَرْءِl-maria man
وَقَلْبِهِۦwaqalbihiand his heart
وَأَنَّهُۥٓwa-annahuand that
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
تُحْشَرُونَtuḥ'sharūnayou will be gathered

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to answer and obey Allah and His Messenger Al-Bukhari said, اسْتَجِيبُواْ "(Answer), obey, لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ (that which will give you life) that which will make your affairs good." Al-Bukhari went on to narrate that Abu Sa`id bin Al-Mu`alla said, "I was praying when the Prophet passed by and called me, but I did not answer him until I finished the prayer.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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