سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 51
ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Who took their religion as an amusement and play, and the life of the world deceived them." So this Day We shall forget them as they forgot their meeting of this Day, and as they used to reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
took
دِينَهُمْ
dīnahum
their religion
لَهْوًۭا
lahwan
(as) an amusement
وَلَعِبًۭا
walaʿiban
and play
وَغَرَّتْهُمُ
wagharrathumu
and deluded them
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
فَٱلْيَوْمَ
fal-yawma
So today
نَنسَىٰهُمْ
nansāhum
We forget them
كَمَا
kamā
as
نَسُوا۟
nasū
they forgot
لِقَآءَ
liqāa
(the) meeting
يَوْمِهِمْ
yawmihim
(of) their day
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
وَمَا
wamā
and [what]
كَانُوا۟
kānū
(as) they used to
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
with Our Verses
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajḥadūna
they reject
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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51. Those who took their religion as amusement and play, and the worldly life deceived them. So today We will forget them as they forgot the meeting of this Day [50], and as they used to reject Our signs.
[50]
Those Who Consider Play and Amusement as Their Religion:
The life of a person who does not believe in the Hereafter and accountability before Allah is entirely different from that of the believers. The ultimate goal of his life becomes nothing but to enjoy as much luxury and pleasure in this world as possible, regardless of whether the wealth comes through lawful or unlawful means. In their eyes, this world is nothing but a place of amusement, where everyone should indulge in luxury and entertainment according to their status and then depart from this world. On the Day of Resurrection, such people will be treated according to their own beliefs. Since they forgot the Hereafter and accountability before Allah, Allah will also forget them in the same way—they will continue to burn in the Fire, remain hungry and thirsty, and will neither receive anything to eat nor to drink, so that they may witness the consequences of the indulgences they enjoyed in the world.
[50]
Those Who Consider Play and Amusement as Their Religion:
The life of a person who does not believe in the Hereafter and accountability before Allah is entirely different from that of the believers. The ultimate goal of his life becomes nothing but to enjoy as much luxury and pleasure in this world as possible, regardless of whether the wealth comes through lawful or unlawful means. In their eyes, this world is nothing but a place of amusement, where everyone should indulge in luxury and entertainment according to their status and then depart from this world. On the Day of Resurrection, such people will be treated according to their own beliefs. Since they forgot the Hereafter and accountability before Allah, Allah will also forget them in the same way—they will continue to burn in the Fire, remain hungry and thirsty, and will neither receive anything to eat nor to drink, so that they may witness the consequences of the indulgences they enjoyed in the world.
