The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَمَا
كَانَ
صَلَاتُهُمْ
عِندَ
الْبَيْتِ
إِلَّا
مُكَاءً
وَتَصْدِيَةً
فَذُوقُوا
الْعَذَابَ
بِمَا
كُنتُمْ
تَكْفُرُونَ
wa-mā kāna ṣalātuhum ʿinda l-bayti ʾillā mukāʾan wa-taṣdiyatan fa-dhūqū l-ʿadhāba bi-mā kuntum takfurūna
Their prayer at the House (of Allah) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be), "Taste ye the penalty because ye blasphemed."
— Abdullah Yusufali
Their prayer at the House is nothing but whistling and clapping. So taste the punishment because of what you used to defy.
