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Surah Hud, Ayah 87 (11:87)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ …

Quran 11:87 is ayah 87 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 231 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:87
قَالُوا۟يَٰشُعَيْبُأَصَلَوٰتُكَتَأْمُرُكَأَننَّتْرُكَمَايَعْبُدُءَابَآؤُنَآأَوْأَننَّفْعَلَفِىٓأَمْوَٰلِنَامَانَشَٰٓؤُا۟ ۖإِنَّكَلَأَنتَٱلْحَلِيمُٱلرَّشِيدُ٨٧
qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalatuka tamuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāu innaka la-anta l-ḥalīmu l-rashīdu

They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"(87)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. يَٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
  3. أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatukaDoes your prayer
  4. تَأْمُرُكَtamurukacommand you
  5. أَنanthat
  6. نَّتْرُكَnatrukawe leave
  7. مَاmāwhat
  8. يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworship
  9. ءَابَآؤُنَآābāunāour forefathers
  10. أَوْawor
  11. أَنanthat
  12. نَّفْعَلَnafʿalawe do
  13. فِىٓfīconcerning
  14. أَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālināour wealth
  15. مَاmāwhat
  16. نَشَٰٓؤُا۟ ۖnashāuwe will
  17. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed you
  18. لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
  19. ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmu(are) the forbearing
  20. ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīduthe right-minded

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:87

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The Response of Shu`ayb's People

They said to Shu`ayb, in mockery,

أَصَلَوَتُكَ

(Does your Salah) Al-A`mash said, "This means your reading."

تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءابَاؤُنَآ

(command you that we give up what our fathers used to worship,) meaning the idols and statues.

أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِى أَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشَؤُا

(or that we give up doing what we like with our property) This means, "Should we abandon our practice of lightening the scales because of your statement This is our wealth and we will do with it as we please." Al-Hasan said concerning Allah's statement,

أَصَلَوَتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءابَاؤُنَآ

(Does your Salah command you that we give up what our fathers used to worship,)11:87 "By Allah, this means that his prayer commanded them to abandon what their fathers used to worship." At-Thawri said concerning Allah's statement,

أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِى أَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشَؤُا

(or that we give up doing what we like with our property) "They were speaking in reference to the paying of Zakah (charity). "

إِنَّكَ لاّنتَ الْحَلِيمُ الرَّشِيدُ

(Verily, you are the forbearer right-minded!) Ibn `Abbas, Maymun bin Mihran, Ibn Jurayj, Ibn Aslam, and Ibn Jarir all said, "These enemies of Allah were only saying this in mockery. May Allah disfigure them and curse them from ever receiving His mercy. And verily, He did so."

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