Quran 5:58 — Al-Maaida, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you make the call to prayer, they ridicule it and make fun of it: this is because they are people who do not reason.
وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
wa-idhā nādaytum ilā l-ṣalati ittakhadhūhā huzuwan walaʿiban dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and when you call to prayer, take it in mockery and as a sport; that is because they are a people who have no understanding.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, when you call to prayer, they mock at it and make a jest of it-simply because they are people who do not use their reason.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | نَادَيْتُمْnādaytum | you make a call | ندو |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | for | — |
| 4 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati | the prayer | صلو |
| 5 | ٱتَّخَذُوهَاittakhadhūhā | they take it | أخذ |
| 6 | هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan | (in) ridicule | هزأ |
| 7 | وَلَعِبًۭا ۚwalaʿiban | and fun | لعب |
| 8 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 9 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | (is) because they | — |
| 10 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 11 | لَّاlā | (who do) not | — |
| 12 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | understand | عقل |