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Verse 6of 34

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِى لَهْوَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
مَنman(is he) who
يَشْتَرِىyashtarīpurchases
لَهْوَlahwaidle tales
ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthiidle tales
لِيُضِلَّliyuḍillato mislead
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) path
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
وَيَتَّخِذَهَاwayattakhidhahāand takes it
هُزُوًا ۚhuzuwan(in) ridicule
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Doomed are preoccupied with Idle Talk and They turn away from the Ayat of AllahWhen Allah mentions the blessed -- who are those who are guided by the Book of Allah and benefit from hearing it, as He says:اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَـباً مُّتَشَـبِهاً مَّثَانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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