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Muhammad

The Qur’an Verse 60

Verse 2,915 of 6,236

Canonical reference 25.60

Arabic

Tanzil Quran Text 1.1, Uthmani

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا ۩

French

Muhammad Hamidullah · Le Saint Coran, traduction Muhammad Hamidullah

Et quand on leur dit: «Prosternez-vous devant le Tout Miséricordieux», ils disent: «Qu'est-ce donc que le Tout Miséricordieux? Allons-nous nous prosterner devant ce que tu nous commandes?» - Et cela accroît leur répulsion.

English

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)

And when it is said unto them: Prostrate to the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent? Are we to prostrate to whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them.

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