Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:35

8:35

وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

wamā kāna ṣalātuhum ʿinda l-bayti illā mukāan wataṣdiyatan fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna

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].

— Saheeh International

Their prayers before the House are nothing but whistling and clapping. ‘So taste the punishment for your disbelief.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Their Salât (prayer) at the House (of Allâh, i.e. the Ka‘bah at Makkah) was nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
صَلَاتُهُمْṣalātuhumtheir prayer
عِندَʿindaat
ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe House
إِلَّاillāexcept
مُكَآءًۭmukāanwhistling
وَتَصْدِيَةًۭۚwataṣdiyatanand clapping
فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
بِمَاbimābecause
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve