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Al-Baqarah 2:200

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فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا ۗ فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍ

And when you have completed your rites, remember Allāh like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فإذا أتممتم عبادتكم، وفرغتم من أعمال الحج، فأكثروا من ذكر الله والثناء عليه، مثل ذكركم مفاخر آبائكم وأعظم من ذلك. فمن الناس فريق يجعل همه الدنيا فقط، فيدعو قائلا ربنا آتنا في الدنيا صحة، ومالا وأولادًا، وهؤلاء ليس لهم في الآخرة حظ ولا نصيب; لرغبتهم عنها وقَصْرِ هَمِّهم على الدنيا.

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