Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:58

5:58

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

wa-idhā nādaytum ilā l-ṣalati ittakhadhūhā huzuwan walaʿiban dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when you proclaim the call for As-Salât [call for the prayer (Adhân)], they take it (but) as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
نَادَيْتُمْnādaytumyou make a call
إِلَىilāfor
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
ٱتَّخَذُوهَاittakhadhūhāthey take it
هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
وَلَعِبًۭاۚwalaʿibanand fun
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّاlā(who do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand