Surah 84 · verse 21

Al-Inshiqaq 84:21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

wa-idha quri'a 'alayhim al-qur'an la yasjudun

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ

[That] you will surely experience state after state.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

Verse 21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ

And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,