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وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ﴿٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey hear
ٱللَّغْوَl-laghwavain talk
أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūthey turn away
عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand say
لَنَآlanāFor us
أَعْمَـٰلُنَاaʿmālunāour deeds
وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukumyour deeds
سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace (be)
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
لَاnot
نَبْتَغِىnabtaghīwe seek
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Believers among the People of the BookAllah tells us that the pious scholars among the People of the Book believe in the Qur'an, as He says:الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَـهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ يَتْلُونَهُ حَقَّ تِلاَوَتِهِ أُوْلَـئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ(Those to whom We gave the Book recite it as it should be recited, they are the ones who believe therein) (2:121).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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