Surah Al-An'am Verse 72 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is…

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Translation Transliteration — Al-An'am

وَأَنْ أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّقُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ۝٧٢

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Wa an aqeemus Salaata wattaqooh; wa Hual lazeee ilaihi tuhsharoon

📖 Translation (English Meaning)

📖 English Meaning

And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is He to whom you will be gathered.

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Translation — Tafsir

Word Meanings:

Aqeemoo al-salah (أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ): Establish the prayer perfectly, performing it with all its conditions, pillars, and obligations, in the best and most complete manner.
Wa ittaqooh (وَاتَّقُوهُ): Fear Allah and be conscious of Him by obeying His commands and avoiding His prohibitions.
Tuhsharoon (تُحْشَرُونَ): You will be gathered and assembled together on the Day of Resurrection.

Explanation of the Verse:

In this noble verse, Allah reminds us of the divine commandments that were given to the believers: to establish the prayer in its most complete form — with sincerity, humility, and adherence to its times and conditions — and to maintain consciousness of Allah (taqwa) in every aspect of life. Taqwa means to place a protective barrier between oneself and Allah's displeasure, by fulfilling what He has commanded and abstaining from what He has forbidden.

The verse then directs our hearts toward the ultimate reality: that Allah alone is the One to Whom all of creation will be gathered on the Day of Judgment. This gathering is not merely a physical assembly, but a moment of profound accountability, where every soul will stand before its Lord and be recompensed for its deeds — the good with good, and the evil with evil.

This verse carries a beautiful and powerful message for every believer: our lives are not aimless or without purpose. We have been given clear guidance — to worship Allah through prayer, to live in constant awareness of Him, and to remember that our final destination is before Him. When we internalize this truth, our hearts become attached to what truly matters, and we find peace in knowing that every act of obedience, every moment of patience, and every step of righteousness is witnessed and will be rewarded.

Let this verse be a gentle reminder that the prayer we establish and the taqwa we cultivate are not burdens, but rather keys to tranquility in this life and success in the Hereafter. The One Who commands us is the Most Merciful, and the One to Whom we will return is the Most Just. So let us strive with sincerity, knowing that our efforts are never in vain, and that the meeting with our Lord is the ultimate promise of hope and reward for those who believe and do good.

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📜 Verse 70-74 — Al-An'am

70وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَا ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا بِمَا كَسَبُوا ۖ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ

And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.

71قُلْ أَنَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ كَالَّذِي اسْتَهْوَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فِي الْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُ أَصْحَابٌ يَدْعُونَهُ إِلَى الْهُدَى ائْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى اللَّهِ هُوَ الْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.

72وَأَنْ أَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّقُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is He to whom you will be gathered.

73وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ۚ قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ ۚ وَلَهُ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ ۚ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ۚ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ

And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Acquainted.

74۞ وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ آزَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَامًا آلِهَةً ۖ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ وَقَوْمَكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father Azar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."

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Surah Al-An'am Verse 72 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is…

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