In some places, though, elected elders put up considerable resistance to the idea that everyone in the congregation should participate in the public ministry.
وَقَفَ شُيُوخٌ كَثِيرُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِتَوَاضُعٍ لِعَمَلِ ٱلْكِرَازَةِ .‏