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Al-Anfal 35

Ayah 35 of 75 · Medinan

وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمۡ عِندَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ إِلَّا مُكَآءٗ وَتَصۡدِيَةٗۚ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ ٣٥

And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. صَلَاتُهُمۡtheir prayerṣalātuhum
  4. عِندَatʿinda
  5. ٱلۡبَيۡتِthe Housel-bayti
  6. إِلَّاexceptillā
  7. مُكَآءٗwhistlingmukāan
  8. وَتَصۡدِيَةٗۚand clappingwataṣdiyatan
  9. فَذُوقُواْSo tastefadhūqū
  10. ٱلۡعَذَابَthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  11. بِمَاbecausebimā
  12. كُنتُمۡyou used tokuntum
  13. تَكۡفُرُونَdisbelievetakfurūna

Tafsir

The prayer of the idolaters at the Sacred Mosque was nothing but whistling and clapping. So taste, O idolaters, the punishment of being killed or taken prisoner on the day of Badr because of your disbelief in Allah and rejection of His Messenger.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran