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Al-A'raf 51

Ayah 51 of 206 · Meccan

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمۡ لَهۡوٗا وَلَعِبٗا وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰهُمۡ كَمَا نَسُواْ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِهِمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ ٥١

Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. ٱتَّخَذُواْtookittakhadhū
  3. دِينَهُمۡtheir religiondīnahum
  4. لَهۡوٗا(as) an amusementlahwan
  5. وَلَعِبٗاand playwalaʿiban
  6. وَغَرَّتۡهُمُand deluded themwagharrathumu
  7. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُthe lifel-ḥayatu
  8. ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  9. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَSo todayfal-yawma
  10. نَنسَىٰهُمۡWe forget themnansāhum
  11. كَمَاaskamā
  12. نَسُواْthey forgotnasū
  13. لِقَآءَ(the) meetingliqāa
  14. يَوۡمِهِمۡ(of) their dayyawmihim
  15. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  16. وَمَاand [what]wamā
  17. كَانُواْ(as) they used tokānū
  18. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاwith Our Versesbiāyātinā
  19. يَجۡحَدُونَthey rejectyajḥadūna

Tafsir

These disbelievers are the ones who used to mock and make fun of faith and were deluded by the life of the world, being engrossed in its pleasures and luxuries. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will forget them, and they will be left to suffer the punishment because they forgot the meeting of the Day of Judgement which they neglected despite them having full knowledge of it. They rejected Allah’s signs and proofs in condemnation, despite knowing and recognizing the truth of His message.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran