Qur'an 62:11 Al-Jumu'ah
وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ تِجَٰرَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًۭا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَٰرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
But when they saw a transaction or a diversion, [O Muhammad], they rushed to it and left you standing. Say, "What is with Allah is better than diversion and than a transaction, and Allah is the best of providers."
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What it says
Names the incident behind the surah's closing instruction: a passing caravan and its noise drew people away from the sermon and left the Prophet ﷺ standing to speak to an emptied room. The verse states the loss plainly before answering it, and the answer repeats the same pair, trade and diversion, in reverse order, measured against what is with Allah. It ends by naming Him the best of providers, answering the pull of the caravan's goods with the source those goods came from in the first place.
Word by word
وَإِذَا wa-idhā and when · رَأَوْا۟ raʾaw they saw · تِجَٰرَةً tijāratan a trade · أَوْ aw or · لَهْوًا lahwan a diversion · ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ infaḍḍū they scattered · إِلَيْهَا ilayhā to it · وَتَرَكُوكَ wa-tarakūka and left you · قَآئِمًا qāʾiman standing · قُلْ qul say · مَا mā what · عِندَ ʿinda is with · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · خَيْرٌ khayrun is better · مِّنَ mina than · ٱللَّهْوِ al-lahwi the diversion · وَمِنَ wa-mina and than · ٱلتِّجَٰرَةِ at-tijārati the trade · وَٱللَّهُ wallāhu and Allah · خَيْرُ khayru is the best · ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ar-rāziqīn of providers
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