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Al-Jumu'ah (Friday)

Verse 11of 11

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ تِجَٰرَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًۭا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَٰرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

But when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muhammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allah is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allah is the best of providers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
رَأَوْا۟ra-awthey saw
تِجَـٰرَةًtijāratana transaction
أَوْawor
لَهْوًاlahwana sport
ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟infaḍḍūthey rushed
إِلَيْهَاilayhāto it
وَتَرَكُوكَwatarakūkaand left you
قَآئِمًۭا ۚqāimanstanding
قُلْqulSay
مَاWhat
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
مِّنَminathan
ٱللَّهْوِl-lahwithe sport
وَمِنَwaminaand from
ٱلتِّجَـٰرَةِ ۚl-tijārati(any) transaction
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the Providers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of leaving the Masjid while the Imam is delivering the Friday SermonAllah criticizes what happened during one Friday sermon, when a caravan arrived at Al-Madinah and the people rushed out to the merchandise. Allah said,وَإِذَا رَأَوْاْ تِجَـرَةً أَوْ لَهْواً انفَضُّواْ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِماً(And when they see some merchandise or some amusement, they disperse headlong to it, and leave you standing.) meaning, on the Minbar, delivering the Khutbah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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