Quran 62:11 — Al-Jumu'a, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet they scatter towards trade or entertainment whenever they observe it, and leave you [Prophet] standing there. Say, ‘God’s gift is better than any entertainment or trade: God is the best provider.’
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا تِجَارَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا انْفَضُّوا إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَائِمًا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ التِّجَارَةِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
wa-idhā ra-aw tijāratan aw lahwan infaḍḍū ilayhā watarakūka qāiman qul mā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun mina l-lahwi wamina l-tijārati wal-lahu khayru l-rāziqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But when they see merchandise or diversion they scatter off to it, and they leave thee standing. Say: 'What is with God is better than diversion and merchandise. God is the best of providers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet [it does happen that] when people become aware of [an occasion for] worldly gain or a passing delight, they rush headlong towards it, and leave thee standing [and preaching]. Say: "That which is with God is far better than all passing delight and all gain! And God is the best of providers!"
- Sahih International
- But [on one occasion] when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muḥammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allāh is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allāh is the best of providers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | رَأَوْا۟ra-aw | they saw | رأي |
| 3 | تِجَـٰرَةًtijāratan | a transaction | تجر |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | لَهْوًاlahwan | a sport | لهو |
| 6 | ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟infaḍḍū | they rushed | فضض |
| 7 | إِلَيْهَاilayhā | to it | — |
| 8 | وَتَرَكُوكَwatarakūka | and left you | ترك |
| 9 | قَآئِمًۭا ۚqāiman | standing | قوم |
| 10 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 11 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 12 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 14 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 15 | مِّنَmina | than | — |
| 16 | ٱللَّهْوِl-lahwi | the sport | لهو |
| 17 | وَمِنَwamina | and from | — |
| 18 | ٱلتِّجَـٰرَةِ ۚl-tijārati | (any) transaction | تجر |
| 19 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 20 | خَيْرُkhayru | (is the) Best | خير |
| 21 | ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna | (of) the Providers | رزق |