Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:60

25:60

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًا ۩

wa-idhā qīla lahumu us'judū lilrraḥmāni qālū wamā l-raḥmānu anasjudu limā tamurunā wazādahum nufūran

And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

— Saheeh International

Yet when they are told, ‘Bow down before the Lord of Mercy,’ they say, ‘What is the Lord of Mercy? Should we bow down before anything you command?’ and they turn even further away.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when it is said to them: "Prostrate yourselves to the Most Gracious (Allâh)! they say: "And what is the Most Gracious? Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) command us?" And it increases in them only aversion.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judūProstrate
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānito the Most Gracious
قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
وَمَاwamāAnd what
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu(is) the Most Gracious
أَنَسْجُدُanasjuduShould we prostrate
لِمَاlimāto what
تَأْمُرُنَاtamurunāyou order us
وَزَادَهُمْwazādahumAnd it increases them
نُفُورًۭا ۩nufūran(in) aversion