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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 28of 110

وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًۭا﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
نَفْسَكَnafsakayourself
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَدْعُونَyadʿūnacall
رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadatiin the morning
وَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyiand the evening
يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesiring
وَجْهَهُۥ ۖwajhahuHis Face
وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
تَعْدُtaʿdupass beyond
عَيْنَاكَʿaynākayour eyes
عَنْهُمْʿanhumover them
تُرِيدُturīdudesiring
زِينَةَzīnataadornment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تُطِعْtuṭiʿobey
مَنْmanwhom
أَغْفَلْنَاaghfalnāWe have made heedless
قَلْبَهُۥqalbahuhis heart
عَنʿanof
ذِكْرِنَاdhik'rināOur remembrance
وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
وَكَانَwakānaand is
أَمْرُهُۥamruhuhis affair
فُرُطًۭاfuruṭan(in) excess

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to recite the Qur'an and to patiently keep Company with the BelieversCommanding His Messenger to recite His Holy Book and convey it to mankind, Allah says,لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِهِ(None can change His Words,) meaning, no one can alter them, distort them or misinterpret them.وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا(and none will you find as a refuge other than Him.) It was reported that Mujahid said, "A shelter," and that Qatadah said, "A helper or supporter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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