Surah Al-A'raf 7:51 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 51 / 206 · Page 156

ۚ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَالْيَوْمَ نَنسَاهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَذَا وَمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
اتَّخَذُوا
ittakhadhu
took
دِينَهُمْ
dinahum
their religion
لَهْوًا
lahwan
(as) an amusement
وَلَعِبًا
wala'iban
and play
وَغَرَّتْهُمُ
wagharrathumu
and deluded them
الْحَيَاةُ
al-hayatu
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
فَالْيَوْمَ
fal-yawma
So today
نَنسَاهُمْ
nansahum
We forget them
كَمَا
kama
as
نَسُوا
nasu
they forgot
لِقَاءَ
liqaa
(the) meeting
يَوْمِهِمْ
yawmihim
(of) their day
هَذَا
hadha
this
وَمَا
wama
and [what]
كَانُوا
kanu
(as) they used to
بِآيَاتِنَا
biayatina
with Our Verses
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajhaduna
they reject

Transliteration

Allazeenat takhazoo deenahu lahwanw wa la'i-banw wa gharrat humul hayaatud dunyaa; fal Yawma nnannsaahum kamaa nasoo liqaaa'a Yawmihim haazaa wa maa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yajhadoon

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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