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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 204

سورة الأعراف، الآية ٢٠٤

7:204 Juz 9 Hizb 18 Page 176 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:204

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ۝٢٠٤

Transliteration

wa-idhā quri-a l-qur'ānu fa-is'tamiʿū lahu wa-anṣitū laʿallakum tur'ḥamūna

Translation

So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.

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Verse 204 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:204), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 176 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 204

Al-Mukhtasar

When the Qur’ān is recited, listen to it being recited: do not talk, and do not busy yourself with something else, so that Allah may have mercy on you.

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Other translations of verse 204

When the Qur’an is recited, listen to it attentively and maintain silence, so that you may receive mercy.

So, when the Qur’ân is recited, listen to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy. [i.e. during the compulsory congregational prayers when the Imâm (of a mosque) is leading the prayer (except Sûrat Al-Fâtihah), and also when he is delivering the Friday-prayer Khutbah]. (Tafsir At-Tabari).

And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy.

When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy.

And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.

And when the Qur'an is read, then listen to it and hearken, that possibly you would be granted mercy..

Verse 204 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. قُرِئَ quri-a is recited ق ر أ
  3. ٱلْقُرْءَانُ l-qur'ānu the Quran ق ر أ
  4. فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ fa-is'tamiʿū then listen س م ع
  5. لَهُۥ lahu to it
  6. وَأَنصِتُوا۟ wa-anṣitū and pay attention ن ص ت
  7. لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
  8. تُرْحَمُونَ tur'ḥamūna receive mercy ر ح م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 921

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The Imam is appointed to be followed, so when he says the takbir, say the takbir, and when he recites, be silent, and when he says: "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him)," say: "Allahumma rabbana lakal-hamd (Our Lord, to You be praise)."

"‏ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَأَنْصِتُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ ‏"

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Authentic Hadith qudsi Sahih Muslim 395a

Allah Almighty said: 'I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for

"Allah Almighty said: 'I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for.' When the servant says, '{All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds}', Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has praised Me.' And when he says, '{The Most…

قَسَمْتُ الصَّلاَةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي نِصْفَيْنِ وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ فَإِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ ‏‏{‏ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‏}‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي وَإِذَا قَالَ ‏‏{‏…

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Verses related to verse 204

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Fussilat 41:26

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَسْمَعُوا۟ لِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَٱلْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ

    And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

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