وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٢٠٤
So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
- قُرِئَis recitedquri-a
- ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُthe Quranl-qur'ānu
- فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْthen listenfa-is'tamiʿū
- لَهُۥto itlahu
- وَأَنصِتُواْand pay attentionwa-anṣitū
- لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
- تُرۡحَمُونَreceive mercytur'ḥamūna
Tafsir
When the Qur’ān is recited, listen to it being recited: do not talk, and do not busy yourself with something else, so that Allah may have mercy on you.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran