ٱلْفُرْقَان : ٦٠

  • وَإِذَا And when
  • قِيلَ it is said
  • لَهُمُ to them
  • ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ Prostrate
  • لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ to the Most Gracious
  • قَالُواْ They say
  • وَمَا And what
  • ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ (is) the Most Gracious
  • أَنَسۡجُدُ Should we prostrate
  • لِمَا to what
  • تَأۡمُرُنَا you order us
  • وَزَادَهُمۡ And it increases them
  • نُفُورٗا۩ (in) aversion
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.
And when it is said to them, to the disbelievers of Mecca, 'Prostrate yourselves before the Compassionate One', they say, 'And what is the Compassionate One? Should we prostrate ourselves to whatever you bid us' (ta'murunaa; or read ya'murunaa, '[whatever] he bids us') - [in both cases] the one bidding is Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him - when we do not know who He is? No! And it, this that is said to them, increases their aversion, to faith.