Then why do you dissimulate this Revelation?
So is this the matter regarding which you laze?
What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,
Would you, now, look down with disdain on a tiding like this,
Is it this discourse that ye hold lightly?
Is it such a talk (this Quran) that you (disbelievers) deny?
Is it this discourse that you take so lightly?
Do you, then, take this discourse in light esteem,
Is it such a talk that you are Mudhinun
Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
What! Do you take lightly this discourse?
What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,
Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent
Would you say that this statement is a lie?
Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
Afabih<u>atha</u> al<u>h</u>adeethi antum mudhinoon<b>a</b>
How can you regard this discourse with disdain?
Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ
O idolaters! Do you then reject this speech, and not believe in it?
O idolaters! Do you then reject this speech, and not believe in it?
<p>أَفَبِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ (Is it this discourse that you take lightly,...56:81) The word mudhinun is the plural of mudhin, being the active participle from اِذھَان idhan, which literally means 'to apply or rub oil on the body'. When oil is applied or rubbed on the body, the muscles are relaxed, and parts of the body become soft and supple. By extension, the word is employed in the sense of showing flexibility and softness on inappropriate occasions. Hence, it is used in the sense of hypocrisy.</p>
أَفَبِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ (Is it this discourse that you take lightly,...56:81) The word mudhinun is the plural of mudhin, being the active participle from اِذھَان idhan, which literally means 'to apply or rub oil on the body'. When oil is applied or rubbed on the body, the muscles are relaxed, and parts of the body become soft and supple. By extension, the word is employed in the sense of showing flexibility and softness on inappropriate occasions. Hence, it is used in the sense of hypocrisy.