Surah An-Nur 24:37 — translation and meaning

النور · Verse 37 / 64 · Page 355

ۙ رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُ

Word by Word

ۙ
رِجَالٌ
rijalun
Men
لَّا
la
not
تُلْهِيهِمْ
tul'hihim
distracts them
تِجَارَةٌ
tijaratun
trade
وَلَا
wala
and not
بَيْعٌ
bay'un
sale
عَن
an
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance of Allah
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(the) remembrance of Allah
وَإِقَامِ
wa-iqami
and (from) establishing
الصَّلَاةِ
al-salati
the prayer
وَإِيتَاءِ
waitai
and giving
الزَّكَاةِ
al-zakati
zakah
يَخَافُونَ
yakhafuna
They fear
يَوْمًا
yawman
a Day
تَتَقَلَّبُ
tataqallabu
will turn about
فِيهِ
fihi
therein
الْقُلُوبُ
al-qulubu
the hearts
وَالْأَبْصَارُ
wal-absaru
and the eyes

Transliteration

Rinjaalul laa tulheehim tijaaratunw wa laa bai'un 'an zikril laahi wa iqaamis Salaati wa eetaaa'iz Zakaati yakkhaafoona Yawman tataqallabu feehil quloobu wal absaar

Translation

[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Men whom buying and selling does not distract from the remembrance of Allah, performing prayer with perfection and giving Zakat, where required. They fear the Day of Judgment: that day on which the hearts will fluctuate between hope in salvation from and fear of the punishment, and the eyes will wander in every direction in anxiety.

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

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