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Al-Jathiyah 9

Ayah 9 of 37 · Meccan

وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيۡـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٩

And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. عَلِمَhe knowsʿalima
  3. مِنۡofmin
  4. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Versesāyātinā
  5. شَيۡـًٔاanythingshayan
  6. ٱتَّخَذَهَاhe takes themittakhadhahā
  7. هُزُوًاۚ(in) ridiculehuzuwan
  8. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThose ulāika
  9. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  10. عَذَابٞ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  11. مُّهِينٞhumiliatingmuhīnun

Tafsir

And when something of the Qur’ān reaches him, he takes it as a joke to mock. Those attributed with this quality of mocking the Qur’ān will have a disgraceful punishment on the day of judgment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran