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Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)

Verse 9of 37

وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيْـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
عَلِمَʿalimahe knows
مِنْminof
ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
شَيْـًٔاshayananything
ٱتَّخَذَهَاittakhadhahāhe takes them
هُزُوًا ۚhuzuwan(in) ridicule
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Description of the Sinful Liar and His RequitalAllah the Exalted says,تِلْكَ آيَـتُ اللَّهِ(These are the Ayat of Allah) -- in reference to the Qur'an with the proofs and evidences that it contains,نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ(which We recite to you with truth.) for they contain the truth from the Truth (i.e., Allah).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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