سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 3
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿3﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allâh has forbidden).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
Those who
هُمْ
hum
[they]
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱللَّغْوِ
l-laghwi
the vain talk
مُعْرِضُونَ
muʿ'riḍūna
turn away
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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3. And who turn away from vain [3] talk,
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The Meaning of Laghw:
Laghw refers to useless and futile activities and games. That is, if these people play any games for recreation or physical exercise, they do not play such games that are merely a waste of time, but rather play those games from which some religious benefit can also be obtained, such as swimming, spear-throwing, archery, and target shooting for the purpose of jihad, etc. Laghw can also mean indecent and useless talk, such as idle gossip, backbiting, nonsense, mockery, obscene conversation, and vulgar songs, etc. They not only avoid these things themselves, but if they find themselves in such a society, they get up and leave, and absolutely do not tolerate staying with such people.
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The Meaning of Laghw:
Laghw refers to useless and futile activities and games. That is, if these people play any games for recreation or physical exercise, they do not play such games that are merely a waste of time, but rather play those games from which some religious benefit can also be obtained, such as swimming, spear-throwing, archery, and target shooting for the purpose of jihad, etc. Laghw can also mean indecent and useless talk, such as idle gossip, backbiting, nonsense, mockery, obscene conversation, and vulgar songs, etc. They not only avoid these things themselves, but if they find themselves in such a society, they get up and leave, and absolutely do not tolerate staying with such people.
