Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 67
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ { بِهٖ سٰمِرًا تَهْجُرُوْنَ : ’’سَمَرَ يَسْمُرُ سَمْرًا وَ سُمُوْرًا فَهُوَ سَامِرٌ‘‘} (n) To sit at night with friends and talk, telling stories and tales. {’’هَجَرَ يَهْجُرُ هَجْرًا وَ هِجْرَةً‘‘} means to leave, and {’’هُجْرًا‘‘} means to speak nonsense, vain, and useless things, to babble. The pronoun in {’’ بِهٖ ‘‘} refers to the Quran, which is mentioned among the verses, meaning that while talking at night, you used to speak nonsense and babble about this Quran.
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
67-2 سَمَر means night conversation; here, it specifically refers to the discussions they used to have about the Noble Quran and the Prophet ﷺ, and because of this, they refused to listen to and accept the truth. That is, they abandoned it. And some have interpreted the meaning of ہجر as obscene speech, meaning that in your nightly conversations, you speak indecently and obscenely about the Quran, in which there is no good (Fath al-Qadeer).
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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The Literal Meaning of "Samar":
"Samar" means to tell each other stories or tales before sleeping at night, so that by becoming absorbed in these stories, one falls asleep. These stories, tales, or narratives are told and listened to merely for passing time or for enjoyment. They have no other purpose. Even today in villages, it is customary for elders to tell children stories of ghosts or similar tales, and the same custom existed in Makkah. "Hajr" means to speak incoherently or babble in a state of illness, semi-unconsciousness, or semi-anger. Thus, the crime of the "mutrafeen" or these indulgent people was that they did not even tolerate listening to the verses of Allah, and would turn away arrogantly and leave. Furthermore, even if they mentioned the verses of Allah to each other, they would do so with extreme indifference and carelessness, as if narrating incoherent stories or tales. The punishment for these crimes is that now all paths of deliverance are closed for them, and no attention will be paid to their cries and lamentations.
