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Al-Qasas 55

Ayah 55 of 88 · Meccan

وَإِذَا سَمِعُواْ ٱللَّغۡوَ أَعۡرَضُواْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَا نَبۡتَغِي ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ٥٥

And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you;1 we seek not the ignorant."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This is not the Islāmic greeting of "Peace be upon you." Rather, it means "You are secure from being treated in a like manner by us."

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. سَمِعُواْthey hearsamiʿū
  3. ٱللَّغۡوَvain talkl-laghwa
  4. أَعۡرَضُواْthey turn awayaʿraḍū
  5. عَنۡهُfrom itʿanhu
  6. وَقَالُواْand saywaqālū
  7. لَنَآFor uslanā
  8. أَعۡمَٰلُنَاour deedsaʿmālunā
  9. وَلَكُمۡand for youwalakum
  10. أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡyour deedsaʿmālukum
  11. سَلَٰمٌPeace (be)salāmun
  12. عَلَيۡكُمۡon youʿalaykum
  13. لَاnotlā
  14. نَبۡتَغِيwe seeknabtaghī
  15. ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna

Tafsir

When these believers hear any false speech from the People of the Book, they turn away from it without paying attention it, and they say addressing those who say such: “For us is the reward of our actions and for you is the reward of your actions. You are safe from us swearing and causing harm. I do not seek to accompany ignorant people, due to the damage and harm it contains for one’s religion and worldly life”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran