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 al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 68) {وَ اِذَا رَاَيْتَ الَّذِيْنَ يَخُوْضُوْنَ … :} That is, when you see people in a gathering who are mocking the commands of Allah and His Messenger, or practically showing disrespect towards them, or they are people of innovation who, through their baseless interpretations and distortions, are twisting the verses of Allah, or are criticizing them and mocking them by giving them absurd meanings, then distance yourself from that gathering until they become engaged in other matters. And if, due to the forgetfulness caused by Satan, you end up sitting in such a gathering, then after remembering, do not remain seated with those wrongdoers. This command has already been mentioned earlier in Surah An-Nisa (140), in which it is also stated: «اِنَّكُمْ اِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ» "Indeed, at that time you would be like them." The company of innovators is even worse than the company in which sins are being openly committed, especially for a person who is not intellectually or academically mature and does not have the ability to understand the errors of the innovators' false interpretations. However, people of knowledge may participate in such gatherings to criticize their false statements and to raise the word of truth.
