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Muhammad 36

Ayah 36 of 38 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞۚ وَإِن تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ أُجُورَكُمۡ وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٦

[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allāh, He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُthe lifel-ḥayatu
  3. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  4. لَعِبٞ(is) playlaʿibun
  5. وَلَهۡوٞۚand amusementwalahwun
  6. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  7. تُؤۡمِنُواْyou believetu'minū
  8. وَتَتَّقُواْand fear (Allah)watattaqū
  9. يُؤۡتِكُمۡHe will give youyu'tikum
  10. أُجُورَكُمۡyour rewardsujūrakum
  11. وَلَاand notwalā
  12. يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمۡwill ask youyasalkum
  13. أَمۡوَٰلَكُمۡ(for) your wealthamwālakum

Tafsir

The life of the world is only play and amusement. An intelligent person should not become occupied by it instead of working for his Hereafter. If you have faith in Allah and His messenger, and you are mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, He will give you the reward of your deeds in full without any reduction, and He will not ask you for all of your wealth. He will only ask you for the Zakat.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran