Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Ayah 21 (84:21)

ٱلْإِنْشِقَاق

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Quran 84:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-Inshiqaq (“The Sundering”), a Meccan surah of 25 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 589 of the Madani Mushaf.

84:21 Sajdah
وَإِذَاقُرِئَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْقُرْءَانُلَايَسْجُدُونَ ۩٢١
wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūna

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?(21)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قُرِئَquri-ais recited
  3. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto them
  4. ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
  5. لَاlānot
  6. يَسْجُدُونَ ۩yasjudūnathey prostrate

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