سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 140
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا ﴿140﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur’ân) that when you hear the Verses of Allâh being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them. Surely, Allâh will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَدْ
waqad
And surely
نَزَّلَ
nazzala
He has revealed
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
أَنْ
an
that
إِذَا
idhā
when
سَمِعْتُمْ
samiʿ'tum
you hear
ءَايَـٰتِ
āyāti
(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يُكْفَرُ
yuk'faru
being rejected
بِهَا
bihā
[it]
وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ
wayus'tahza-u
and ridiculed
بِهَا
bihā
at [it]
فَلَا
falā
then do not
تَقْعُدُوا۟
taqʿudū
sit
مَعَهُمْ
maʿahum
with them
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَخُوضُوا۟
yakhūḍū
they engage
فِى
fī
in
حَدِيثٍ
ḥadīthin
a conversation
غَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚ
ghayrihi
other than that
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
مِّثْلُهُمْ ۗ
mith'luhum
(would be) like them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
جَامِعُ
jāmiʿu
will gather
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ
l-munāfiqīna
the hypocrites
وَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
wal-kāfirīna
and the disbelievers
فِى
fī
in
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
جَمِيعًا
jamīʿan
all together
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.
140. 1. That is, if despite being forbidden, you sit in such gatherings where the verses of Allah are being mocked and you do not object to it, then you too become equal in sin with them. As it is mentioned in a hadith: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not participate in a gathering where wine is being served." From this, it is understood that participating in such gatherings and assemblies where the commands of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ are mocked verbally or practically—as is commonly done in the circles of today's elites, fashionable, and Westernized groups—is a grave sin. (اِنَّكُمْ اِذًا مِّثْلُھُمْ ۭ) 4:140 The Qur'anic warning in (4:140) is enough to make the believers tremble, provided there is faith in the heart.
