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An-Nur 37

Ayah 37 of 64 · Medinan

رِجَالٞ لَّا تُلۡهِيهِمۡ تِجَٰرَةٞ وَلَا بَيۡعٌ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوۡمٗا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٣٧

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. رِجَالٞMen rijālun
  2. لَّاnotlā
  3. تُلۡهِيهِمۡdistracts themtul'hīhim
  4. تِجَٰرَةٞtradetijāratun
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. بَيۡعٌsalebayʿun
  7. عَنfromʿan
  8. ذِكۡرِ(the) remembrance of Allahdhik'ri
  9. ٱللَّهِ(the) remembrance of Allahl-lahi
  10. وَإِقَامِand (from) establishingwa-iqāmi
  11. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِthe prayerl-ṣalati
  12. وَإِيتَآءِand givingwaītāi
  13. ٱلزَّكَوٰةِzakahl-zakati
  14. يَخَافُونَThey fearyakhāfūna
  15. يَوۡمٗاa Dayyawman
  16. تَتَقَلَّبُwill turn abouttataqallabu
  17. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  18. ٱلۡقُلُوبُthe heartsl-qulūbu
  19. وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُand the eyeswal-abṣāru

Tafsir

Men whom buying and selling does not distract from the remembrance of Allah, performing prayer with perfection and giving Zakat, where required. They fear the Day of Judgment: that day on which the hearts will fluctuate between hope in salvation from and fear of the punishment, and the eyes will wander in every direction in anxiety.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran