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Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 55
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ﴿55﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when they hear Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk), they withdraw from it and say: "To us our deeds, and to you your deeds. Peace be to you. We seek not (the way of) the ignorant."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
سَمِعُوا۟
samiʿū
they hear
ٱللَّغْوَ
l-laghwa
vain talk
أَعْرَضُوا۟
aʿraḍū
they turn away
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
from it
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and say
لَنَآ
lanā
For us
أَعْمَـٰلُنَا
aʿmālunā
our deeds
وَلَكُمْ
walakum
and for you
أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ
aʿmālukum
your deeds
سَلَـٰمٌ
salāmun
Peace (be)
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
on you
لَا
lā
not
نَبْتَغِى
nabtaghī
we seek
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
l-jāhilīna
the ignorant
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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55. And when they hear vain talk, they turn away from it [75] and say: "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace be upon you! We do not seek (the company of) the ignorant."
[75]
The Newly Converted Christians Who Avoid Idle Talk, and Abu Jahl:
The third quality of such Muslims is that not only do they not participate in idle deeds or vain talk, but they also keep away from such actions. And if they happen to encounter such people, they do not engage with them; rather, they pass by saying salam, by which they intend to express their aversion to such actions. In several books of Seerah, this incident is mentioned that after the migration to Abyssinia, when the people of Abyssinia became acquainted with Islam and its message, twenty people from there, who were Christians, came to Makkah for the purpose of investigating what kind of person the Prophet of Islam was. When they met you and the conversation began, you recited the Quran to them, which affected them so much that tears flowed from their eyes and they affirmed and supported you in a very forceful manner. When, after embracing Islam, they were about to return to Abyssinia, Abu Jahl and his companions taunted them, saying that no one had ever seen a caravan of such fools, who came to investigate a person and are now leaving as his slaves, abandoning their own religion. In reply, they said: "Peace be upon you from our side; we do not wish to respond to your ignorance with ignorance. Whatever state each of us is in, that is his share. We have not been negligent in seeking our own good." It was regarding this that these verses were revealed. [البدايه والنهايه ج 3 ص 82]
Incidentally, from this verse it is also understood that if it is not expected that a person will accept guidance, and rather there is a risk that he will react negatively, then it is better to avoid such a person instead of trying to explain to him.
[75]
The Newly Converted Christians Who Avoid Idle Talk, and Abu Jahl:
The third quality of such Muslims is that not only do they not participate in idle deeds or vain talk, but they also keep away from such actions. And if they happen to encounter such people, they do not engage with them; rather, they pass by saying salam, by which they intend to express their aversion to such actions. In several books of Seerah, this incident is mentioned that after the migration to Abyssinia, when the people of Abyssinia became acquainted with Islam and its message, twenty people from there, who were Christians, came to Makkah for the purpose of investigating what kind of person the Prophet of Islam was. When they met you and the conversation began, you recited the Quran to them, which affected them so much that tears flowed from their eyes and they affirmed and supported you in a very forceful manner. When, after embracing Islam, they were about to return to Abyssinia, Abu Jahl and his companions taunted them, saying that no one had ever seen a caravan of such fools, who came to investigate a person and are now leaving as his slaves, abandoning their own religion. In reply, they said: "Peace be upon you from our side; we do not wish to respond to your ignorance with ignorance. Whatever state each of us is in, that is his share. We have not been negligent in seeking our own good." It was regarding this that these verses were revealed. [البدايه والنهايه ج 3 ص 82]
Incidentally, from this verse it is also understood that if it is not expected that a person will accept guidance, and rather there is a risk that he will react negatively, then it is better to avoid such a person instead of trying to explain to him.
