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An-Nur (The Light)

Verse 37of 64

رِجَالٌۭ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَٰرَةٌۭ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًۭا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ﴿٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -

Word-by-word meaning

رِجَالٌۭrijālunMen
لَّاnot
تُلْهِيهِمْtul'hīhimdistracts them
تِجَـٰرَةٌۭtijāratuntrade
وَلَاwalāand not
بَيْعٌbayʿunsale
عَنʿanfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) remembrance of Allah
وَإِقَامِwa-iqāmiand (from) establishing
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
وَإِيتَآءِwaītāiand giving
ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙl-zakatizakah
يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnaThey fear
يَوْمًۭاyawmana Day
تَتَقَلَّبُtataqallabuwill turn about
فِيهِfīhitherein
ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُwal-abṣāruand the eyes

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtues of the Masjids, the Correct Etiquette, and the Virtues of Those who take care of themHaving likened the heart of the believer and what it contains of guidance and knowledge to a lamp lit with good oil shining in a clear glass, Allah then states where it belongs, which is in the Masjids, the places on earth that are most beloved to Allah. The Masjids are His houses where He Alone is worshipped.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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