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Al-Ma'idah 58

Ayah 58 of 120 · Medinan

وَإِذَا نَادَيۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوٗا وَلَعِبٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥٨

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. نَادَيۡتُمۡyou make a callnādaytum
  3. إِلَىforilā
  4. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِthe prayerl-ṣalati
  5. ٱتَّخَذُوهَاthey take itittakhadhūhā
  6. هُزُوٗا(in) ridiculehuzuwan
  7. وَلَعِبٗاۚand funwalaʿiban
  8. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  9. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  10. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  11. لَّا(who do) notlā
  12. يَعۡقِلُونَunderstandyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

They also poke fun and play when you call towards prayer, which is the greatest act of worship. That is because they are a nation who do not understand the meaning of worship of Allah and they do not understand the sacred laws that Allah has made.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran