Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:36

21:36

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

wa-idhā raāka alladhīna kafarū in yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhā alladhī yadhkuru ālihatakum wahum bidhik'ri l-raḥmāni hum kāfirūna

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.

— Saheeh International

When the disbelievers see you, they laugh at you: ‘Is this the one who talks about your gods?’ They reject any talk of the Lord of Mercy.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allâh) see you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they take you not except for mockery (saying): "Is this the one who talks (badly) about your gods?" While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Gracious (Allâh). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubî].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
رَءَاكَraākathey see you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
إِنinnot
يَتَّخِذُونَكَyattakhidhūnakathey take you
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
أَهَـٰذَاahādhāIs this
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
يَذْكُرُyadhkurumentions
ءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumyour gods
وَهُمwahumAnd they
بِذِكْرِbidhik'riat (the) mention
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
هُمْhum[they]
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers