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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 29of 206

قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ﴿٢٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَمَرَamara(Has been) ordered
رَبِّىrabbī(by) my Lord
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭijustice
وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand set
وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
عِندَʿindaat
كُلِّkullievery
مَسْجِدٍۢmasjidinmasjid
وَٱدْعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuand invoke Him
مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
لَهُlahuto Him
ٱلدِّينَ ۚl-dīna(in) the religion
كَمَاkamāAs
بَدَأَكُمْbada-akumHe originated you
تَعُودُونَtaʿūdūna(so) will you return

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disbelievers commit Sins and claim that Allah commanded Them to do so!Mujahid said, "The idolators used to go around the House (Ka`bah) in Tawaf while naked, saying, `We perform Tawaf as our mothers gave birth to us.' The woman would cover her sexual organ with something saying, `Today, some or all of it will appear, but whatever appears from it, I do not allow it (it is not for adultery or for men to enjoy looking at!).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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