ﲵ ﲶ ﲷ ﲸ ﲹ ﲺ ﲻ ﲼ ﲽ ﲾ ﲿ ﳀ ﳁ ﳂ ﳃ ﳄ ﳅ ﳆ ﳇ ﳈ ﳉ ﳊ ﳋ ﳌ ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ ﳐ ﳑ ﳒ ﳓ ﳔ ﳕ ﳖ
And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [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 Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
Tafsir
Verse range: 4:140
وقد نزل عليكم في الكتاب أن إذا سمعتم آيات الله يكفر بها ويستهزأ بها فﻼ تقعدوا معهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره إنكم إذا مثلهم
And it has already been revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in talk other than that; certainly in that case you would be like them. The Ayah means, if you still commit this prohibition after being aware of its prohibition, sitting with them where Allah's Ayat are rejected, mocked at and denied, and you sanction such conduct, then you have participated with them in what they are doing. So Allah said, (But if you stayed with them)
إنكم إذا مثلهم
(certainly in that case you would be like them), concerning the burden they will earn. What has already been revealed in the Book -- as the Ayah says -- is the Ayah in Surah Al-An`am, which was revealed in Makkah,
وإذا رأيت الذين يخوضون فى ءايتنا فٲعرض عنهم
And when you see those who engage in false conversation about Our verses (of the Qur'an) by mocking at them, stay away from them. (6:68) Muqatil bin Hayyan said that; this Ayah (4:140) abrogated the Ayah in Surah Al-An`am, referring to the part that says here,
إنكم إذا مثلهم
((But if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them), and Allah's statement in Al-An`am,
وما على الذين يتقون من حسابهم من شء ولكن ذكرى لعلهم يتقون
Those who fear Allah, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil, are not responsible for them (the disbelievers) in any case, but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may have Taqwa. (6:69) Allah's statement,
إن الله جامع المنافقين والكافرين في جهنم جميعا
Surely, Allah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell. means, just as the hypocrites participate in the Kufr of disbelievers, Allah will join them all together to reside in the Fire for eternity, dwelling in torment, punishment, enchained, restrained and in drinking boiling water
