سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 37
رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَـٰرَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Men whom neither trade nor sale (business) diverts from the Remembrance of Allâh (with heart and tongue), nor from performing As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), nor from giving the Zakât. They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will be overturned (out of the horror of the torment of the Day of Resurrection).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
رِجَالٌۭ
rijālun
Men
لَّا
lā
not
تُلْهِيهِمْ
tul'hīhim
distracts them
تِجَـٰرَةٌۭ
tijāratun
trade
وَلَا
walā
and not
بَيْعٌ
bayʿun
sale
عَن
ʿan
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(the) remembrance of Allah
وَإِقَامِ
wa-iqāmi
and (from) establishing
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
وَإِيتَآءِ
waītāi
and giving
ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙ
l-zakati
zakah
يَخَافُونَ
yakhāfūna
They fear
يَوْمًۭا
yawman
a Day
تَتَقَلَّبُ
tataqallabu
will turn about
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
ٱلْقُلُوبُ
l-qulūbu
the hearts
وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ
wal-abṣāru
and the eyes
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
37-1 That is, due to the intensity of fear and terror, just as in another place it is stated: "Warn them of the Day of Resurrection, the Day when hearts will reach the throats, filled with grief." In the beginning, this state of the hearts will be for everyone, both the believer and the disbeliever.
