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Al-Munafiqun 9

Ayah 9 of 11 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُلۡهِكُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٩

O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allāh. And whoever does that - then those are the losers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Let) notlā
  5. تُلۡهِكُمۡdivert youtul'hikum
  6. أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡyour wealthamwālukum
  7. وَلَآand notwalā
  8. أَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡyour childrenawlādukum
  9. عَنfromʿan
  10. ذِكۡرِ(the) remembrancedhik'ri
  11. ٱللَّهِۚ(of) Allahl-lahi
  12. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  13. يَفۡعَلۡdoesyafʿal
  14. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  15. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  16. هُمُ[they]humu
  17. ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ(are) the losersl-khāsirūna

Tafsir

After Allah showed the keenness of the hypocrites on holding back from spending in order to prevent others from Allah’s path, He warns the believers against doing the same and instructs them to spend in His path by saying: O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He has ordained for you, do not let your wealth nor your children distract you from the prayer or any of the other obligations of Islam. Those whose wealth and children distract them from the prayer and the other obligations that Allah has imposed on them, they are the true losers who will lose themselves and their families on the day of judgment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran