Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 58 (5:58)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

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

Quran 5:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 118 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:58
وَإِذَانَادَيْتُمْإِلَىٱلصَّلَوٰةِٱتَّخَذُوهَاهُزُوًاوَلَعِبًا ۚذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْقَوْمٌلَّايَعْقِلُونَ٥٨
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.(58)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. نَادَيْتُمْnādaytumyou make a call
  3. إِلَىilāfor
  4. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
  5. ٱتَّخَذُوهَاittakhadhūhāthey take it
  6. هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule
  7. وَلَعِبًا ۚwalaʿibanand fun
  8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  9. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
  10. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  11. لَّاlā(who do) not
  12. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand

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