Quran 7:51 — Al-A'raaf, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who took their religion for distraction, a mere game, and were deluded by worldly life.’ Today We shall ignore them, just as they have ignored their meeting with this Day and denied Our Revelations.
الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا ۚ فَالْيَوْمَ نَنْسَاهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
alladhīna ittakhadhū dīnahum lahwan walaʿiban wagharrathumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā fal-yawma nansāhum kamā nasū liqāa yawmihim hādhā wamā kānū biāyātinā yajḥadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who have taken their religion as a diversion and a sport, and whom the present life has deluded.' -- Therefore today We forget them as they forgot the encounter of this their day, and that they denied Our signs.
- Muhammad Asad
- those who, beguiled by the life of this world, have made play and passing delights their religion! [And God will say:] "And so We shall be oblivious of them today as they were oblivious of the coming of this their Day [of Judgment], and as Our messages they did deny:
- Sahih International
- Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | took | أخذ |
| 3 | دِينَهُمْdīnahum | their religion | دين |
| 4 | لَهْوًۭاlahwan | (as) an amusement | لهو |
| 5 | وَلَعِبًۭاwalaʿiban | and play | لعب |
| 6 | وَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumu | and deluded them | غرر |
| 7 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu | the life | حيي |
| 8 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 9 | فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawma | So today | يوم |
| 10 | نَنسَىٰهُمْnansāhum | We forget them | نسي |
| 11 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 12 | نَسُوا۟nasū | they forgot | نسي |
| 13 | لِقَآءَliqāa | (the) meeting | لقي |
| 14 | يَوْمِهِمْyawmihim | (of) their day | يوم |
| 15 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | and [what] | — |
| 17 | كَانُوا۟kānū | (as) they used to | كون |
| 18 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | with Our Verses | أيي |
| 19 | يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūna | they reject | جحد |