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Al-An'am 68

Ayah 68 of 165 · Meccan

وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيۡرِهِۦۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَلَا تَقۡعُدۡ بَعۡدَ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٨

And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse1 concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., denials or mockery.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. رَأَيۡتَyou seera-ayta
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. يَخُوضُونَengage (in vain talks)yakhūḍūna
  5. فِيٓaboutfī
  6. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Versesāyātinā
  7. فَأَعۡرِضۡthen turn awayfa-aʿriḍ
  8. عَنۡهُمۡfrom themʿanhum
  9. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  10. يَخُوضُواْthey engageyakhūḍū
  11. فِيinfī
  12. حَدِيثٍa talkḥadīthin
  13. غَيۡرِهِۦۚother than itghayrihi
  14. وَإِمَّاAnd ifwa-immā
  15. يُنسِيَنَّكَcauses you to forgetyunsiyannaka
  16. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  17. فَلَاthen (do) notfalā
  18. تَقۡعُدۡsittaqʿud
  19. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  20. ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰthe reminderl-dhik'rā
  21. مَعَwithmaʿa
  22. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe people l-qawmi
  23. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

When you, O Messenger, see the idolaters speaking about My verses mockingly, then do not sit with them until they enter into a discussion free of such mockery. If Satan makes you forget, and you do sit with them and afterwards remember, then leave that gathering and do not sit with those who overstep the limits.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran