When they see you they take you only in jest: "Is this the one whom God has sent as messenger?
And when they see you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) they take you but as a mockery, “Is this the one whom Allah sent as a (Noble) Messenger?”
And when they see thee, they take thee in mockery only: 'What, is this he whom God sent forth as a Messenger?
Hence, whenever they consider thee, [O Muhammad,] they but make thee a target of their mockery, [saying:] “Is this the one whom God has sent as an apostle?
And when they behold thee, they hold thee up for mockery: is this the one whom Allah hath sent as an apostle
And when they see you (O Muhammad SAW), they treat you only as a mockery (saying):"Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger?
And when they see you, they take you for nothing but mockery: “Is this the one God sent as a messenger?”
When these people see you, they scoff at you, (saying), "Is this the man whom Allah has sent as His Messenger?
And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger"
And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?
When they see you they just take you in derision: ‘Is this the one whom Allah has sent as an apostle!?
Whenever they see you, they mock you (saying): 'Is this whom Allah has sent as a Messenger?
And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?
(Muhammad), when they see you, they will only mock you and say, "Has God really sent him as a Messengers?
And when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery: Is this he whom Allah has raised to be an apostle?
Wai<u>tha</u> raawka in yattakhi<u>th</u>oonaka ill<u>a</u> huzuwan ah<u>atha</u> alla<u>th</u>ee baAAatha All<u>a</u>hu rasool<u>a</u><b>n</b>
Whenever they see you they only make a mockery of you -- "Is this the one God has sent as His Messenger?
When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا
Whenever these rejecters meet you - O Messenger - they ridicule you by saying mockingly and in denial:   Is this the one Allah has sent as a Messenger to us?
Whenever these rejecters meet you - O Messenger - they ridicule you by saying mockingly and in denial:   Is this the one Allah has sent as a Messenger to us?
<h2 class="title">How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger</h2><p>Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً</div><p>(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him. Here Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً </div><p>(And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ</div><p>(And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at) (6:10)</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا</div><p>(He would have nearly misled us from our gods,) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ</div><p>(And they will know, when they see the torment...)</p><h2 class="title">They took Their Desires as their gods and were more astray than Cattle</h2><p>Then Allah tells His Prophet that if Allah decrees that someone will be misguided and wretched, then no one can guide him except Allah, glory be to Him:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ</div><p>(Have you seen him who has taken as his god his own vain desire) meaning, whatever he admires and sees as good in his own desires becomes his religion and his way. As Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ</div><p>(Is he then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair seeming. So that he consider it as good. Verily, Allah sends astray whom he wills.) 35:8</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلاً</div><p>(Would you then be a guardian over him) Ibn `Abbas said: "During the Jahiliyyah, a man would worship a white rock for a while, then if he saw another that looked better, he would worship that and leave the first." Then Allah said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ</div><p>(Or do you think that most of them hear or understand) meaning, they are worse than grazing cattle. Cattle only do what they were created to do, but these people were created to worship Allah Alone without associating partners with Him, but they worship others with Him, even though evidence has been established against them and Messengers have been sent to them.</p>
How the Disbelievers mocked the MessengerAllah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him. Here Allah says:وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً (And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said:وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ(And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at) (6:10)إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا(He would have nearly misled us from our gods,) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them:وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ(And they will know, when they see the torment...)They took Their Desires as their gods and were more astray than CattleThen Allah tells His Prophet that if Allah decrees that someone will be misguided and wretched, then no one can guide him except Allah, glory be to Him:أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ(Have you seen him who has taken as his god his own vain desire) meaning, whatever he admires and sees as good in his own desires becomes his religion and his way. As Allah says:أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ(Is he then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair seeming. So that he consider it as good. Verily, Allah sends astray whom he wills.) 35:8أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلاً(Would you then be a guardian over him) Ibn `Abbas said: "During the Jahiliyyah, a man would worship a white rock for a while, then if he saw another that looked better, he would worship that and leave the first." Then Allah said:أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ(Or do you think that most of them hear or understand) meaning, they are worse than grazing cattle. Cattle only do what they were created to do, but these people were created to worship Allah Alone without associating partners with Him, but they worship others with Him, even though evidence has been established against them and Messengers have been sent to them.