Quran 4:140 — An-Nisaa, verse 140
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
As He has already revealed to you [believers] in the Scripture, if you hear people denying and ridiculing God’s revelation, do not sit with them unless they start to talk of other things, or else you yourselves will become like them: God will gather all the hypocrites and disbelievers together into Hell.
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ ۚ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِثْلُهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَامِعُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْكَافِرِينَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا
waqad nazzala ʿalaykum fī l-kitābi an idhā samiʿ'tum āyāti l-lahi yuk'faru bihā wayus'tahza-u bihā falā taqʿudū maʿahum ḥattā yakhūḍū fī ḥadīthin ghayrihi innakum idhan mith'luhum inna l-laha jāmiʿu l-munāfiqīna wal-kāfirīna fī jahannama jamīʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He has sent down upon you in the Book: 'When you hear God's signs being disbelieved and made mock of, do not sit with them until they plunge into some other talk, or else you will surely be like to them.' God will gather the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in Gehenna.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, He has enjoined upon you in this divine writ that whenever you hear people deny the truth of God's messages and mock at them, you shall avoid their company until they begin to talk of other things - or else, verily, you will become like them. Behold, together with those who deny the truth God will gather in hell the hypocrites,
- Sahih International
- And it has already come down to you in the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] that when you hear the verses of Allāh [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed, Allāh will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَدْwaqad | And surely | — |
| 2 | نَزَّلَnazzala | He has revealed | نزل |
| 3 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 6 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 7 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 8 | سَمِعْتُمْsamiʿ'tum | you hear | سمع |
| 9 | ءَايَـٰتِāyāti | (the) Verses | أيي |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | يُكْفَرُyuk'faru | being rejected | كفر |
| 12 | بِهَاbihā | [it] | — |
| 13 | وَيُسْتَهْزَأُwayus'tahza-u | and ridiculed | هزأ |
| 14 | بِهَاbihā | at [it] | — |
| 15 | فَلَاfalā | then do not | — |
| 16 | تَقْعُدُوا۟taqʿudū | sit | قعد |
| 17 | مَعَهُمْmaʿahum | with them | — |
| 18 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 19 | يَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍū | they engage | خوض |
| 20 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 21 | حَدِيثٍḥadīthin | a conversation | حدث |
| 22 | غَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚghayrihi | other than that | غير |
| 23 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 24 | إِذًۭاidhan | then | — |
| 25 | مِّثْلُهُمْ ۗmith'luhum | (would be) like them | مثل |
| 26 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 28 | جَامِعُjāmiʿu | will gather | جمع |
| 29 | ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīna | the hypocrites | نفق |
| 30 | وَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَwal-kāfirīna | and the disbelievers | كفر |
| 31 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 32 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | Hell | — |
| 33 | جَمِيعًاjamīʿan | all together | جمع |