Al-Ma'idah Verse 58

When you call to prayer, they mock it in amusement. This is because they are a people without understanding.

When you give the call to prayer, they ridicule it and make fun of it; that is because they are a people who have no understanding.

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.

When you make the call to prayer, they ridicule it and make fun of it: this is because they are people who do not reason.

And when ye call for the prayer they make a mockery and fun thereof. This because they are a people who understand not.

When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding.

And when you call for Prayer, they take it for a mockery and sport. That is because they are a people who do not understand.

(Nor make friends with) those who, when you call (the faithful) to prayer, make mock of it and jest, because they do not understand.

And when you call to prayer, they mock and make fun of it; this is because they are people without any sense.

When you call to prayer, they take it in derision and play. That is because they are a people who do not exercise their reason.

When you recite the call to the Prayer, they take it for a mockery and sport – that is because they are a people who do not use their reason to understand.

And when you call (the people) to Prayer, they take it lightly and consider it worthless. They do so because they are a people who do not understand.

And if you called to (for) the prayers, they took it mockingly and playing/amusement, that (is) with that they are a nation (that) do not reason/understand/comprehend

And when you call to prayer, they mock and make fun of it; this is because they are people without any sense.

Nor those who, when you call to prayer, take it for a jest and a sport; that is because they are a people without understanding

And when you proclaim the call for As-Salat [call for the prayer (Adhan)], they take it (but) as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.

O you who believe, take not for friends those who take your religion as a mockery and a sport, from among those who were given the Book before you and the disbelievers; and keep your duty to Allah if you are believers.

And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand.

And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is because they are a folk who understand not.

Because they are devoid of understanding, they ridicule your call for prayers saying that it is a useless act.

When you call to prayer, they treat it as a jest and a pastime. That is because they are a people who have no understanding.

And when you proclaim the call for the Salah, they take it (but) as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.

When you call them to prayer, they treat it as a jest and a diversion. This is because they are devoid of understanding.

When you call to the prayer, they take it as a joke and a trifle. That is because they are people who do not reason.

And, those who, when you make the call to prayer, take it, that is, the prayer, in mockery and as a game, mocking it and laughing at it among themselves; that, [mocking] attitude, is because they are a people who do not understand.

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا

And when you proclaim the call for the Salah, they take it (but) as a mockery and fun;

When you proclaim the Adhan for the prayer, which is the best action there is, for those who have sound minds and good comprehension,

اتَّخَذُوهَا
(they take it...) also,

هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ



as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.

the acts of worship and Allah's Law.

These are the characteristics of the followers of Shaytan who,

إِذَا سَمِعَ الاَْذَانَ أَدْبَرَ وَلَهُ حُصَاصٌ أَيْ ضُرَاطٌ حَتَّى لَا يَسْمَعَ التَّأْذِينَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّأْذِينُ أَقْبَلَ فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ لِلصَّلَةِ أَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى يَخْطُرَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ فَيَقُولُ اذْكُرْ كَذَا اذْكُرْ كَذَا لِمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ حَتَّى يَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ لَا يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ السَّلَم

When the call for prayer is made, Shaytan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhan. When the call is finished he comes back, and when the Iqamah is pronounced, Shaytan again takes to his heels. When the Iqamah is finished he comes back again and tries to interfere with the person and his thoughts and to say, `Remember this and that,' which he has not thought of before the prayer, until the praying person forgets how much he has prayed. If anyone of you does not remember, then he should perform two prostrations before pronouncing the Salam.

This Hadith is agreed upon.

Az-Zuhri said,

"Allah mentioned the Adhan in His Book,

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ


And when you proclaim the call for the Salah, they take it (but) as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not."

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded this statement

And when you call to prayer, they mockingly mimic and deride the act of worship and amuse themselves with what they hear and see. This is because they are a people who lack the faculty of comprehending intellectually