Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 35
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
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].
Al-Anfal · 8:35
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- صَلَاتُهُمْṣalātuhumtheir prayer
- عِندَʿindaat
- ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe House
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مُكَآءًۭmukāanwhistling
- وَتَصْدِيَةًۭ ۚwataṣdiyatanand clapping
- فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
- ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
- تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve
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