Surah Al-Anfal — Verse 35
The Spoils of War · 8:35 · 35/75
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَآءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Wama kana salatuhumAAinda albayti illa mukaan watasdiyatan fathooqooalAAathaba bima kuntum takfuroon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Their prayers before the House are nothing but whistling and clapping. ‘So taste the punishment for your disbelief.’
Marmaduke Pickthall
And their worship at the (holy) House is naught but whistling and hand-clapping. Therefore (it is said unto them): Taste of the doom because ye disbelieve.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And their prayer near the House was not more than whistling and clapping. So, taste the punishment, because you used to disbelieve.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Their Salât (prayer) at the House (of Allâh, i.e. the Ka‘bah at Makkah) was nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Their Prayer at the House is nothing but whistling and handclapping. Taste, then, this chastisement for your denying the truth.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
and their prayers before the Temple are nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Taste then, [O unbelievers,] this chastisement as an outcome of your persistent denial of the truth!
Rowwad · source edition
Their prayer at the Sacred House was nothing but whistling and clapping. So taste the punishment[20] for your disbelief.
Notes
[20] Their degrading defeat, killing and captivation at Badr.
Noor International · source edition
(35) And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].
Hilali and Khan · source edition
35. Their Salât (prayer) at the House (of Allâh, i.e. the Ka‘bah at Makkah) was nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Therefore taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve.