Avoiding Idle Talk
Among the first marks of successful believers: they turn away from laghw — speech and noise that lead nowhere.
Qur'anic Reference \u00b7 Al-Mu'minun 23:3
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
English Translation
\u201cAnd those who turn away from idle talk.\u201d
Bengali Translation
\u201cএবং যারা অনর্থক কথা ও কাজ থেকে বিমুখ থাকে।\u201d
The moral, reflection, and application sections below are educational guidance inspired by the cited verse — they are not a translation or an authoritative tafsir.
Primary Moral
Guard your words and your attention — what you engage with shapes what you become.
Why This Matters
Idle talk once meant market gossip; today it is an industry engineered to hold your eyes for hours. Every minute of laghw is paid for from the same account as your prayers, your family, and your growth.
Reflection
This trait appears second in the Qur'an's portrait of successful believers, straight after humility in prayer — as if guarding the tongue and the attention were the first defence of a devoted heart. The verb is active: they turn away. Laghw comes to everyone; the believer simply declines the invitation.
Real-Life Application
Identify your main channel of laghw — a group chat, a feed, a circle of gossip — and mute or exit one of them today. Replace the freed minutes with anything that will still matter in a year.
Reflection Question
If your screen time report were read aloud in front of people you respect, which number would embarrass you?
Action for Today
Leave or mute one source of pointless noise today — one tap, permanent benefit.
Category
Keywords
- idle talk
- laghw
- gossip
- distraction
- time
- focus
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