Quran 31:6 — Luqman, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But there is the sort of person who pays for distracting tales, intending, without any knowledge, to lead others from God’s way, and to hold it up to ridicule. There will be humiliating torment for him!
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
wamina l-nāsi man yashtarī lahwa l-ḥadīthi liyuḍilla ʿan sabīli l-lahi bighayri ʿil'min wayattakhidhahā huzuwan ulāika lahum ʿadhābun muhīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Some men there are who buy diverting talk to lead astray from the way of God without knowledge, and to take it in mockery; those -- there awaits them a humbling chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- But among men there is many a one that prefers a mere play with words [to divine guidance], so as to lead [those] without knowledge astray from the path of God, and to turn it to ridicule: for such there is shameful suffering in store.
- Sahih International
- And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allāh without knowledge and who takes it [i.e., His way] in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the mankind | نوس |
| 3 | مَنman | (is he) who | — |
| 4 | يَشْتَرِىyashtarī | purchases | شري |
| 5 | لَهْوَlahwa | idle tales | لهو |
| 6 | ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi | idle tales | حدث |
| 7 | لِيُضِلَّliyuḍilla | to mislead | ضلل |
| 8 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 9 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) path | سبل |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 12 | عِلْمٍۢʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 13 | وَيَتَّخِذَهَاwayattakhidhahā | and takes it | أخذ |
| 14 | هُزُوًا ۚhuzuwan | (in) ridicule | هزأ |
| 15 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 16 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 17 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 18 | مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnun | humiliating | هون |