سورة المؤمنون
Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:3
The Believers · Verse 3 of 118
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And who keep aloof from all that is vain and idle,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Who avoid vain talk;
Ahmed Ali
Who shun all frivolities,
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Ali Unal
They always turn away from and avoid whatever is vain and frivolous.
Daryabadi
And those who from everything vain turn away.
Faridul Haque
And who do not incline towards indecent matters.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And who shun what is vain,
Maulvi Sher Ali
And who shun all that which is vain,
Muhammad Asad
and who turn away from all that is frivolous,
Muhammad Musin Khan
And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).
Muhammad Pickthall
And who shun vain conversation,
Muhammad Sarwar
who avoid impious talks,
Muhammed ali Shakir
And who keep aloof from what is vain,
Rashad Khalifa
And they avoid vain talk.
Shabbir Ahmed
Those who avoid vain talk and turn away from all that is senseless (and thus value time),
Commentary 23:3 Laghw اللَّغْوِis vain talk or thought and futile and frivolous action. To avoid laghw is the first condition of success. This includes vain talk related…
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
23:3 Laghw اللَّغْوِis vain talk or thought and futile and frivolous action. To avoid laghw is the first condition of success. This includes vain talk related to some verses of the Holy Qur’ân (cf. 22:52), e.g., How long was the rod of Moses? What kind of wood was used by Noah to construct the ship? If Allâh is All-Mighty, can He can also send the righteous to Hell, and so on. Similarly, inventing stories about verses not understood by simple people also belongs to the category of laghw (cf. 5:57; for example 3:45-49; 19:16-30; 27:16-23)