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An-Nisa 140

Ayah 140 of 176 · Medinan

وَقَدۡ نَزَّلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَنۡ إِذَا سَمِعۡتُمۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكۡفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسۡتَهۡزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقۡعُدُواْ مَعَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيۡرِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا مِّثۡلُهُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا ١٤٠

And it has already come down to you in the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] that when you hear the verses of Allāh [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them.1 Indeed, Allāh will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In this world, by participation in their blasphemy, and in the next, where you will share their punishment.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَدۡAnd surelywaqad
  2. نَزَّلَHe has revealednazzala
  3. عَلَيۡكُمۡto youʿalaykum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  6. أَنۡthatan
  7. إِذَاwhenidhā
  8. سَمِعۡتُمۡyou hearsamiʿ'tum
  9. ءَايَٰتِ(the) Versesāyāti
  10. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  11. يُكۡفَرُbeing rejectedyuk'faru
  12. بِهَا[it]bihā
  13. وَيُسۡتَهۡزَأُand ridiculedwayus'tahza-u
  14. بِهَاat [it]bihā
  15. فَلَاthen do notfalā
  16. تَقۡعُدُواْsittaqʿudū
  17. مَعَهُمۡwith themmaʿahum
  18. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  19. يَخُوضُواْthey engageyakhūḍū
  20. فِيinfī
  21. حَدِيثٍa conversationḥadīthin
  22. غَيۡرِهِۦٓother than thatghayrihi
  23. إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
  24. إِذٗاthenidhan
  25. مِّثۡلُهُمۡۗ(would be) like themmith'luhum
  26. إِنَّIndeedinna
  27. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  28. جَامِعُwill gatherjāmiʿu
  29. ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَthe hypocritesl-munāfiqīna
  30. وَٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَand the disbelieverswal-kāfirīna
  31. فِيinfī
  32. جَهَنَّمَHelljahannama
  33. جَمِيعًاall togetherjamīʿan

Tafsir

Allah has already revealed to you, O believers, in the noble Qur’ān that if you are sitting in a gathering and you hear a person disbelieving in Allah’s words starting to make fun of them, then you must not sit with them and you must leave the gathering until they begin speaking about something other than disbelief and making fun of Allah’s words. If you sit with them while you hear them disbelieving in and mocking at Allah’s words, then you are like them in not following Allah’s instruction, because you went against Allah by sitting with them just as they went against Him by disbelieving in Him. Allah will gather the hypocrites, who show themselves as Muslims on the outside but hide disbelief inside themselves, and the disbelievers together in the fire of Hell on the Day of Judgement.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran