سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 68
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦ ۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿68﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) by mocking at them, stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Shaitân (Satan) causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of those people who are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
رَأَيْتَ
ra-ayta
you see
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَخُوضُونَ
yakhūḍūna
engage (in vain talks)
فِىٓ
fī
about
ءَايَـٰتِنَا
āyātinā
Our Verses
فَأَعْرِضْ
fa-aʿriḍ
then turn away
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَخُوضُوا۟
yakhūḍū
they engage
فِى
fī
in
حَدِيثٍ
ḥadīthin
a talk
غَيْرِهِۦ ۚ
ghayrihi
other than it
وَإِمَّا
wa-immā
And if
يُنسِيَنَّكَ
yunsiyannaka
causes you to forget
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
تَقْعُدْ
taqʿud
sit
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
l-dhik'rā
the reminder
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
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.
68. 1. In this verse, although the address is to the Prophet ﷺ, every individual of the Muslim Ummah is the addressee. This is an emphatic command of Allah, which has been stated in several places in the Qur'an. The same subject has already been mentioned in Surah An-Nisa, verse number 140. By this is meant every gathering where the commands of Allah and His Messenger are being mocked, or practically being disrespected, or where the people of innovation and deviation are distorting the verses of Allah through their weak interpretations and feeble explanations. Attending such gatherings with the intention of criticizing the wrong and raising the word of truth is permissible; otherwise, it is a grave sin and a cause of Allah's wrath.
