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Al-A'raf 31

Ayah 31 of 206 · Meccan

۞ يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٖ وَكُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣١

O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid,1 and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "place of prostration," meaning any place that a Muslim prays upon the earth. The term may also refer specifically to a mosque.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ يَٰبَنِيٓO Childrenyābanī
  2. ءَادَمَ(of) Adamādama
  3. خُذُواْTakekhudhū
  4. زِينَتَكُمۡyour adornmentzīnatakum
  5. عِندَatʿinda
  6. كُلِّeverykulli
  7. مَسۡجِدٖmasjidmasjidin
  8. وَكُلُواْand eatwakulū
  9. وَٱشۡرَبُواْand drinkwa-ish'rabū
  10. وَلَاbut (do) notwalā
  11. تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚbe extravaganttus'rifū
  12. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  13. لَا(does) notlā
  14. يُحِبُّloveyuḥibbu
  15. ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَthe extravagant onesl-mus'rifīna

Tafsir

O children of Adam, dress beautifully in every place of worship, and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant. Truly, He does not love those who are extravagant. O children of Adam, wear clean, pure, beautiful, clothes that cover your nakedness when you pray and when you make circumambulation of the Kaaba. Eat and drink whatever you like from the good things that Allah has allowed. But do not be extravagant in this, nor go beyond what is allowed. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits..

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran