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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 31of 206

۞ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿٣١

Translation (Sahih International)

O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
خُذُوا۟khudhūTake
زِينَتَكُمْzīnatakumyour adornment
عِندَʿindaat
كُلِّkullievery
مَسْجِدٍۢmasjidinmasjid
وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink
وَلَاwalābut (do) not
تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚtus'rifūbe extravagant
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe extravagant ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah commands taking Adornment when going to the MasjidThis honorable Ayah refutes the idolators' practice of performing Tawaf around the Sacred House while naked. Muslim, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Jarir, (the following wording is that of Ibn Jarir) recorded that Shu`bah said that Salamah bin Kuhayl said that Muslim Al-Batin said that Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "The idolators used to go around the House while naked, both men and women, men in the day and women by night.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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