سورة المَائدة
Surah Al-Mâ’idah 5:58
The Table Spread of Food · Verse 58 of 120
وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And when you call (the people) to Prayer, they take it lightly and consider it worthless. They do so because they are a people who do not understand.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding.
Ahmed Ali
(Nor make friends with) those who, when you call (the faithful) to prayer, make mock of it and jest, because they do not understand.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
When you recite the call to the Prayer, they take it for a mockery and sport – that is because they are a people who do not use their reason to understand.
Daryabadi
And when ye call for the prayer they make a mockery and fun thereof. This because they are a people who understand not.
Faridul Haque
And when you call to prayer, they mock and make fun of it; this is because they are people without any sense.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when you call to prayer they take it as a mockery and a sport. That is because they are a people who understand not.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And who, when you call people to Prayer, take it for a jest and sport. This is because they are people who do not understand.
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.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And when you proclaim the call for As-Salat [call for the prayer (Adhan)], they take it (but) as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.
Muhammad Pickthall
And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is because they are a folk who understand not.
Muhammad Sarwar
Because they are devoid of understanding, they ridicule your call for prayers saying that it is a useless act.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand.
Rashad Khalifa
When you call to the Contact Prayers (Salat), they mock and ridicule it. This is because they are people who do not understand.
Shabbir Ahmed
When you call to Salaat congregations, they mock it and make a jest of it, simply because they are a people who do not use reason.