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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 200of 286

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًۭا ۗ فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَٰقٍۢ﴿٢٠٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
قَضَيْتُمqaḍaytumyou complete[d]
مَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْmanāsikakumyour acts of worship
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَذِكْرِكُمْkadhik'rikumas you remember
ءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour forefathers
أَوْawor
أَشَدَّashadda(with) greater
ذِكْرًۭا ۗdhik'ranremembrance
فَمِنَfaminaAnd from
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
مَنmanwho
يَقُولُyaqūlusay
رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
ءَاتِنَاātināGrant us
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَمَاwamāAnd not
لَهُۥlahufor him
فِىin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
مِنْmin[of]
خَلَـٰقٍۢkhalāqinany share

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Order for Remembrance of Allah and seeking Good in this Life and the Hereafter upon completing the Rites of HajjAllah commands that He be remembered after the rituals are performed.كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ(...as you remember your forefathers)Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "During the time of Jahiliyyah, people used to stand during the (Hajj) season, and one of them would say, `My father used to feed (the poor), help others (end their disputes, with his money), pay the Diyah (i.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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