Quran 8:35 — Al-Anfaal, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Their prayers before the House are nothing but whistling and clapping. ‘So taste the punishment for your disbelief.’
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
wamā kāna ṣalātuhum ʿinda l-bayti illā mukāan wataṣdiyatan fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And their prayer at the House is nothing but a whistling and a clapping of hands -- therefore taste you now the chastisement for your unbelief!
- Muhammad Asad
- and their prayers before the Temple are nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Taste then, [O unbelievers,] this chastisement as an outcome of your persistent denial of the truth!
- Sahih International
- And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | صَلَاتُهُمْṣalātuhum | their prayer | صلو |
| 4 | عِندَʿinda | at | عند |
| 5 | ٱلْبَيْتِl-bayti | the House | بيت |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | مُكَآءًۭmukāan | whistling | مكو |
| 8 | وَتَصْدِيَةًۭ ۚwataṣdiyatan | and clapping | صدي |
| 9 | فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqū | So taste | ذوق |
| 10 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 11 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 13 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | disbelieve | كفر |