Surah Luqman 31:6 — translation and meaning

لقمان · Verse 6 / 34 · Page 411

ۚ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَمِنَ
wamina
And of
النَّاسِ
al-nasi
the mankind
مَن
man
(is he) who
يَشْتَرِي
yashtari
purchases
لَهْوَ
lahwa
idle tales
الْحَدِيثِ
al-hadithi
idle tales
لِيُضِلَّ
liyudilla
to mislead
عَن
an
from
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) path
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍ
il'min
knowledge
وَيَتَّخِذَهَا
wayattakhidhaha
and takes it
هُزُوًا
huzuwan
(in) ridicule
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌ
muhinun
humiliating

Transliteration

Wa minan naasi mai-yashtaree lahuwal hadeesi li yudilla 'an sabeelil laahi bighairi 'ilminw wa yattakhizahaa huzuwaa; ulaaa'ika lahum 'azaabum muheen

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

There are people - like An-Naḍr bin Al-Ḥārith - who take up stories to distract people away from the religion of Allah inconspicuously, and take the verses of Allah as a joke, mocking them. Those who possess these characteristics have a humiliating punishment awaiting them in the afterlife.

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

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