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Al-Anbya 36

Ayah 36 of 112 · Meccan

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٦

And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. رَءَاكَthey see youraāka
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُوٓاْdisbelievekafarū
  5. إِنnotin
  6. يَتَّخِذُونَكَthey take youyattakhidhūnaka
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. هُزُوًا(in) ridiculehuzuwan
  9. أَهَٰذَاIs thisahādhā
  10. ٱلَّذِيthe one whoalladhī
  11. يَذۡكُرُmentionsyadhkuru
  12. ءَالِهَتَكُمۡyour godsālihatakum
  13. وَهُمAnd theywahum
  14. بِذِكۡرِat (the) mentionbidhik'ri
  15. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ(of) the Most Graciousl-raḥmāni
  16. هُمۡ[they]hum
  17. كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna

Tafsir

O Messenger! When these idolaters see you they only mock you, trying to make you loathsome in the eyes of their followers by saying, “Is this the one who insults the idols that you worship?” whilst they themselves reject the Qur’ān that Allah revealed to them and the blessings He conferred upon them, together with mocking you. So they themselves are closer to shame, due to their accumulating every evil.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran