سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٦٦
قَدْ كَانَتْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ تَنكِصُونَ ٦٦
qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūna
My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels
Verse 66 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:66), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 346 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Verily, the verses of Allah would be recited to you in the world, but you would turn away from them when you heard them, in hatred for them.
My verses were recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels,
Indeed My Verses used to be recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels (denying them, and refusing with hatred to listen to them).
My revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on your heels,
"My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn back on your heels-
My communications were indeed recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels,
My ayat (Verses, signs) were readily recited to you, yet on your heels you used to turn.
ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ
[They will be told], "That is because, when Allāh was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allāh, the Most High, the Grand."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
[It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"
