۞ يَٰبَنِيٓ
ءَادَمَ
خُذُواْ
زِينَتَكُمۡ
عِندَ
كُلِّ
مَسۡجِدٖ
وَكُلُواْ
وَٱشۡرَبُواْ
وَلَا
تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُحِبُّ
ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
٣١
O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals.
— M. Pickthall
O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid,1 and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.
— Saheeh International
O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah commands taking Adornment when going to the Masjid
This honorable Ayah refutes the idolators' practice of performing Tawaf around the Sacred House while naked. Muslim, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Jarir, (the following wording is that of Ibn Jarir) recorded that Shu`bah said that Salamah bin Kuhayl said t
…Allah commands taking Adornment when going to the Masjid
This honorable Ayah refutes the idolators' practice of performing Tawaf around the Sacred Hous
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