Surah Al-Mursalat, Ayah 48 (77:48)

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

Quran 77:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Al-Mursalat (“The Emissaries”), a Meccan surah of 50 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 581 of the Madani Mushaf.

77:48
وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمُٱرْكَعُوا۟لَايَرْكَعُونَ٤٨
wa-idhā qīla lahumu ir'kaʿū lā yarkaʿūna

And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.(48)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait is said
  3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  4. ٱرْكَعُوا۟ir'kaʿūBow
  5. لَاlānot
  6. يَرْكَعُونَyarkaʿūnathey bow

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