Quran 84:21 — Al-Inshiqaaq, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]?
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow?
- Muhammad Asad
- and [that], when the Qur’an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration?
- Sahih International
- And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قُرِئَquri-a | is recited | قرأ |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | to them | — |
| 4 | ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānu | the Quran | قرأ |
| 5 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 6 | يَسْجُدُونَ ۩yasjudūna | they prostrate | سجد |