Surah Ash-Shura 42:38 — translation and meaning

الشورى · Verse 38 / 53 · Page 487

وَالَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَى بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Word by Word

وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
اسْتَجَابُوا
is'tajabu
respond
لِرَبِّهِمْ
lirabbihim
to their Lord
وَأَقَامُوا
wa-aqamu
and establish
الصَّلَاةَ
al-salata
prayer
وَأَمْرُهُمْ
wa-amruhum
and their affairs
شُورَى
shura
(are conducted by) consultation
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
among them
وَمِمَّا
wamimma
and from what
رَزَقْنَاهُمْ
razaqnahum
We have provided them
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiquna
they spend

Transliteration

Wallazeenas tajaaboo li Rabbhim wa aqaamus Salaata wa amruhum shooraa bainahum wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqoon

Translation

And those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who respond to their Lord, by doing what He instructed and leaving out what He prohibited, and they complete their ritual prayer in the most perfect manner. Those who consult one another in matters of importance to them and who spend from what He have provided for them seeking Allah’s pleasure.

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

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