And those who when ye call to prayer make it a laughing-stock and a jest. This they do because they are a people who do not understand.
(v. 56, 62, 63.)
LXXXVI.
†The servants of the Merciful are they that walk upon the earth softly; and when the ignorant speak unto them, they reply ‘Peace!’—
And they that pass the night worshipping their Lord, prostrate and standing;—
And that say, ‘O our Lord, turn away from us the torment of Hell: verily its torment is endless; verily it is an ill abode and resting-place!’—
And those who when they spend are neither lavish nor niggard, but keep the mean;—
And those who call on no other gods with God, nor slay whom God hath forbidden to be slain, except for a just cause; nor are unchaste;—
And they who bear not witness to a lie, and when they pass by vain discourse pass it by with dignity;—