Surah Al-An'am 6:68 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 68 / 165 · Page 135

ۚ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
رَأَيْتَ
ra-ayta
you see
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَخُوضُونَ
yakhuduna
engage (in vain talks)
فِي
fi
about
آيَاتِنَا
ayatina
Our Verses
فَأَعْرِضْ
fa-a'rid
then turn away
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
from them
حَتَّى
hatta
until
يَخُوضُوا
yakhudu
they engage
فِي
fi
in
حَدِيثٍ
hadithin
a talk
غَيْرِهِ
ghayrihi
other than it
وَإِمَّا
wa-imma
And if
يُنسِيَنَّكَ
yunsiyannaka
causes you to forget
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
فَلَا
fala
then (do) not
تَقْعُدْ
taq'ud
sit
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
الذِّكْرَى
al-dhik'ra
the reminder
مَعَ
ma'a
with
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa izaa ra aital lazeena yakhoodoona feee Aayaatinaa fa a'rid 'anhum hattaa yakkhoodoo fee hadeesin ghairih; wa immaa yunsiyannakash Shaitaanu falaa taq'ud ba'dazzikraa ma'al qawmiz zaalimeen

Translation

And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When you, O Messenger, see the idolaters speaking about My verses mockingly, then do not sit with them until they enter into a discussion free of such mockery. If Satan makes you forget, and you do sit with them and afterwards remember, then leave that gathering and do not sit with those who overstep the limits.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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