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wa-ʾidhā nādaytum ʾilā ṣ-ṣalāti ttakhadhūhā huzuwan wa-laʿiban dhālika bi-ʾannahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna
When you call to prayer, they take it in derision and play. That is because they are a people who do not exercise their reason.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 58
Following the previous discussion upon the prohibition of friendship with the hypocrites and a party of the People of the Book who mock the commandments of Islam, this verse points to one of their deeds as an evidence. It implies that when the prayer call is recited and the Muslims are called to prayer, the hypocrites and some of the People of the Book mock it. Here is the verse:
This Fact should be noted that 'prayer' is the feature and the sample of the religion. Thus, here, taking prayer in mockery means taking the feature of the religion in mockery. Hence, the prayer call should be recited so that the crowd of Muslims gather and prayer be established quite openly. In Islamic society, prayer call must be recited loudly and be preached, but it should not be troublesome; of course. In conclusion, this point is clear that the style of the wise is that they face the affairs logically while the imprudent, those who have not reason, are the makers of mockery. The verse says: