Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
and when you call to prayer, take it in mockery and as a sport; that is because they are a people who have no understanding
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding
Arabic
وَإِذَا نَادَیۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوࣰا وَلَعِبࣰاۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ لَّا یَعۡقِلُونَ ٥٨
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idhā nādaytum ilā l-ṣalati ittakhadhūhā huzuwan walaʿiban dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūn