Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 58
وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ
And when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:58
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- نَادَيْتُمْnādaytumyou make a call
- إِلَىilāfor
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
- ٱتَّخَذُوهَاittakhadhūhāthey take it
- هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
- وَلَعِبًۭا ۚwalaʿibanand fun
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
- قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
- لَّاlā(who do) not
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand
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