Surah Al-Anfal 8:35 — translation and meaning
الأنفال · Verse 35 / 75 · Page 181
ۚ وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Word by Word
ۚ
وَمَا
wama
And not
كَانَ
kana
was
صَلَاتُهُمْ
salatuhum
their prayer
عِندَ
inda
at
الْبَيْتِ
al-bayti
the House
إِلَّا
illa
except
مُكَاءً
mukaan
whistling
وَتَصْدِيَةً
watasdiyatan
and clapping
فَذُوقُوا
fadhuqu
So taste
الْعَذَابَ
al-'adhaba
the punishment
بِمَا
bima
because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfuruna
disbelieve
Transliteration
Wa maa kaana Salaatuhum 'indal Baiti illa mukaaa anw-wa tasdiyah; fazooqul 'azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon
Translation
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved.
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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