77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 48
وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ
Wa-itha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo layarkaAAoon
When they are told to bow, they do not bow.
- Progressive Muslims
And when they are told to kneel, they do not kneel.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And now when they are told, "Bow down", they bow not down! (They do not submit to Divine Commands).
- Sam Gerrans
And when it is said to them: “Be lowly,” they are not lowly.
- The Monotheist Group
And when they are told to kneel, they do not kneel.
- Edip-Layth
When they are told to kneel, they do not kneel.
- Aisha Bewley
When they are told to bow, they do not bow.
- Rashad Khalifa
When they are told, "Bow down," they do not bow down.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
When it is said to them: "Bow in homage, " they do not bow.
- Sahih International
And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.
- Muhammad Asad
and when they are told, "Bow down [before God]", do not bow down:
- Marmaduke Pickthall
When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
When told to engage in the act of worship and to humble themselves to Allah and bow down to Him in adoration, they refuse.
- Bijan Moeinian
Who did not obey their Lord and did not bow down to Him as a sign of respect and worship.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And when it is said to them: "Bow down yourself (in prayer)!" They bow not down (offer not their prayers).[1]
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so.
- Mustafa Khattab
When it is said to them, "Bow down ˹before Allah," they do not bow.
- Taqi Usmani
And when it is said to them, "Bow down (i.e. submit to Allah’s commands)", they do not bow down.
- Abdul Haleem
When they are told, ‘Bow down in prayer,’ they do not do so.
- Arthur John Arberry
When it is said to them, 'Prostrate yourselves!' they prostrate not.
- E. Henry Palmer
And when it is said to them bow down, they bow not down.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And when it is said to them, "Bow down (in humility), they bow not.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And when it is said to them, "Bow down!" They do not bow down.
- George Sale
And when it is said unto them, bow down; they do not bow down.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when it is said to them, "Bow yourselves (in Islam)!" They do not do so.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
When it is said to them, `Bow down (before your Lord)!' they bow not down.
- Ali Quli Qarai
When they are told, ‘Bow down,’ they do not bow down!