When it is said to them, “Prostrate to the Most Compassionate,” they ask ˹in disgust˺, “What is ‘the Most Compassionate’? Will we prostrate to whatever you order us to?” And it only drives them farther away.
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﴿وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ﴾ لِكُفَّارِ مَكَّة ﴿ٱسۡجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ أَنَسۡجُدُ لِمَا تَأۡمُرُنَا﴾ بِالْفَوْقَانِيَّةِ وَالتَّحْتَانِيَّة وَالْآمِر مُحَمَّد وَلَا نَعْرِفهُ لَا ﴿وَزَادَهُمۡ﴾ هذا القول لهم ﴿نُفُورࣰا﴾ عن الإيمان