Quran 24:37 — An-Noor, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
men who are not distracted, either by commerce or profit, from remembering God, keeping up the prayer, and paying the prescribed alms, fearing a day when hearts and eyes will turn over.
رِجَالٌ لَا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُ
rijālun lā tul'hīhim tijāratun walā bayʿun ʿan dhik'ri l-lahi wa-iqāmi l-ṣalati waītāi l-zakati yakhāfūna yawman tataqallabu fīhi l-qulūbu wal-abṣāru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- are men whom neither commerce nor trafficking diverts from the remembrance of God and to perform the prayer, and to pay the alms, fearing a day when hearts and eyes shall be turned about,
- Muhammad Asad
- people whom neither [worldly] commerce nor striving after gain can divert from the remembrance of God, and from constancy in prayer, and from charity: [people] who are filled with fear [at the thought] of the Day On which all hearts and eyes will be convulsed,
- Sahih International
- [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allāh and performance of prayer and giving of zakāh. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | رِجَالٌۭrijālun | Men | رجل |
| 2 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 3 | تُلْهِيهِمْtul'hīhim | distracts them | لهو |
| 4 | تِجَـٰرَةٌۭtijāratun | trade | تجر |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 6 | بَيْعٌbayʿun | sale | بيع |
| 7 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 8 | ذِكْرِdhik'ri | (the) remembrance of Allah | ذكر |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) remembrance of Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَإِقَامِwa-iqāmi | and (from) establishing | قوم |
| 11 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati | the prayer | صلو |
| 12 | وَإِيتَآءِwaītāi | and giving | أتي |
| 13 | ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙl-zakati | zakah | زكو |
| 14 | يَخَافُونَyakhāfūna | They fear | خوف |
| 15 | يَوْمًۭاyawman | a Day | يوم |
| 16 | تَتَقَلَّبُtataqallabu | will turn about | قلب |
| 17 | فِيهِfīhi | therein | — |
| 18 | ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbu | the hearts | قلب |
| 19 | وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُwal-abṣāru | and the eyes | بصر |