Quran 28:55 — Al-Qasas, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and turn away whenever they hear frivolous talk, saying, ‘We have our deeds and you have yours. Peace be with you! We do not seek the company of ignorant people.’
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِي الْجَاهِلِينَ
wa-idhā samiʿū l-laghwa aʿraḍū ʿanhu waqālū lanā aʿmālunā walakum aʿmālukum salāmun ʿalaykum lā nabtaghī l-jāhilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they hear idle talk, they turn away from it and say, 'We have our deeds, and you your deeds. Peace be upon your We desire not the ignorant.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and, whenever they heard frivolous talk, having turned away from it and said: “Unto us shall be accounted Our deeds, and unto you, your deeds. Peace be upon you - [but] we do not seek out such as are ignorant [of the meaning of right and wrong].”
- Sahih International
- And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | سَمِعُوا۟samiʿū | they hear | سمع |
| 3 | ٱللَّغْوَl-laghwa | vain talk | لغو |
| 4 | أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍū | they turn away | عرض |
| 5 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 6 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and say | قول |
| 7 | لَنَآlanā | For us | — |
| 8 | أَعْمَـٰلُنَاaʿmālunā | our deeds | عمل |
| 9 | وَلَكُمْwalakum | and for you | — |
| 10 | أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukum | your deeds | عمل |
| 11 | سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun | Peace (be) | سلم |
| 12 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | on you | — |
| 13 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 14 | نَبْتَغِىnabtaghī | we seek | بغي |
| 15 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīna | the ignorant | جهل |