وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا
مَهْجُور — root ه-ج-ر: to part, to abandon, to leave and go. Hijra is from the same root. The root was treated at al-Muzzammil 73/10 (wa'hjurhum hajran jamīlā) and at al-Muddaththir 74/5. I do not repeat it here.
| Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | Abandoned — not recited, not put into practice |
| 2 | Spoken of with absurdities — from the hujr (raving) branch of the root |
And the one to whom the complaint is addressed must be recorded: the sentence is spoken from the Prophet's mouth, to his Lord. Not to people. I record this as an observation: in the sūra the objections (4-8) were voiced openly by people; the answer here is directed upward, as a complaint.