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Ibrahim 31

Ayah 31 of 52 · Meccan

قُل لِّعِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا بَيۡعٞ فِيهِ وَلَا خِلَٰلٌ ٣١

[O Muḥammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange [i.e., ransom], nor any friendships.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لِّعِبَادِيَto My slavesliʿibādiya
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  5. يُقِيمُواْ(to) establishyuqīmū
  6. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayersl-ṣalata
  7. وَيُنفِقُواْand (to) spendwayunfiqū
  8. مِمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  9. رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡWe have provided themrazaqnāhum
  10. سِرّٗاsecretlysirran
  11. وَعَلَانِيَةٗand publiclywaʿalāniyatan
  12. مِّنbeforemin
  13. قَبۡلِbeforeqabli
  14. أَن[that]an
  15. يَأۡتِيَcomesyatiya
  16. يَوۡمٞa Dayyawmun
  17. لَّاnotlā
  18. بَيۡعٞany tradebayʿun
  19. فِيهِin itfīhi
  20. وَلَاand notwalā
  21. خِلَٰلٌany friendshipkhilālun

Tafsir

O Messenger, say to the believers: “O believers! Perform the prayer with perfection. With the wealth Allah has given you, give obligatory and recommended charity in a secretive manner to avoid conceit, but also openly so others will take you as an example. Do so before a day arrives in which there is no trade or ransom to redeem yourself from Allah’s punishment, nor is there any friendship where a friend may intercede on the other’s behalf”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran