Al-Muddaththir (المدثر)
Chapter 74 · The Cloaked One · Juz 29
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Quran 74:43 — Surah Al-Muddaththir
This is verse 43 of 56 in Surah Al-Muddaththir (المدثر), meaning “The Cloaked One”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 29 (Part 29) of the Quran.
Surah Al-Muddaththir is the 74th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 56 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
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عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
About the criminals,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],