Surah Maryam 19:55 — translation and meaning
مريم · Verse 55 / 98 · Page 309
وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِ مَرْضِيًّا
Word by Word
وَكَانَ
wakana
And he used
يَأْمُرُ
yamuru
(to) enjoin
أَهْلَهُ
ahlahu
(on) his people
بِالصَّلَاةِ
bil-salati
the prayer
وَالزَّكَاةِ
wal-zakati
and zakah
وَكَانَ
wakana
and was
عِندَ
inda
near
رَبِّهِ
rabbihi
his Lord
مَرْضِيًّا
mardiyyan
pleasing
Transliteration
Wa kaana yaamuru ahlahoo bis Salaati waz zakaati wa kaana 'inda Rabbihee mardiyyaa
Translation
And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
He used to instruct his household to keep up the prayer and to give Zakat, and his Lord was well pleased with him.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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