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25:60
واذا قيل لهم اسجدوا للرحمان قالوا وما الرحمان انسجد لما تامرنا وزادهم نفورا ۩ ٦٠
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا ۩ ٦٠
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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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تَأۡمُرُنَا
taʾmurunā
“to what you command us”
This is in the second person, as the polytheists directed this objection to the Prophet ﷺ.
يَأۡمُرُنَا
yaʾmurunā
“to what he commands us”
In this reading, the polytheists speak of the Prophet ﷺ in the third person.

Explanation

These readings amount to the same meaning [Makki].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran