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Luqman 6

Ayah 6 of 34 · Meccan

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشۡتَرِي لَهۡوَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٦

And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech1 to mislead [others] from the way of Allāh without knowledge and who takes it [i.e., His way] in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., that which has no benefit. Described by different ṣaḥābah as shirk (association with Allāh), misleading stories, frivolous songs, or music but includes all which distracts or diverts one from the Qur’ān and remembrance of Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd ofwamina
  2. ٱلنَّاسِthe mankindl-nāsi
  3. مَن(is he) whoman
  4. يَشۡتَرِيpurchasesyashtarī
  5. لَهۡوَidle taleslahwa
  6. ٱلۡحَدِيثِidle talesl-ḥadīthi
  7. لِيُضِلَّto misleadliyuḍilla
  8. عَنfromʿan
  9. سَبِيلِ(the) pathsabīli
  10. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  11. بِغَيۡرِwithoutbighayri
  12. عِلۡمٖknowledgeʿil'min
  13. وَيَتَّخِذَهَاand takes itwayattakhidhahā
  14. هُزُوًاۚ(in) ridiculehuzuwan
  15. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  16. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  17. عَذَابٞ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  18. مُّهِينٞhumiliatingmuhīnun

Tafsir

There are people - like An-Naḍr bin Al-Ḥārith - who take up stories to distract people away from the religion of Allah inconspicuously, and take the verses of Allah as a joke, mocking them. Those who possess these characteristics have a humiliating punishment awaiting them in the afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran