Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 140 (4:140)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا …

Quran 4:140 is ayah 140 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 100 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:140
وَقَدْنَزَّلَعَلَيْكُمْفِىٱلْكِتَٰبِأَنْإِذَاسَمِعْتُمْءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِيُكْفَرُبِهَاوَيُسْتَهْزَأُبِهَافَلَاتَقْعُدُوا۟مَعَهُمْحَتَّىٰيَخُوضُوا۟فِىحَدِيثٍغَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚإِنَّكُمْإِذًامِّثْلُهُمْ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَجَامِعُٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَوَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَفِىجَهَنَّمَجَمِيعًا١٤٠
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

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 -(140)

Word by word

  1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd surely
  2. نَزَّلَnazzalaHe has revealed
  3. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābithe Book
  6. أَنْanthat
  7. إِذَاidhāwhen
  8. سَمِعْتُمْsamiʿ'tumyou hear
  9. ءَايَٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  11. يُكْفَرُyuk'farubeing rejected
  12. بِهَاbihā[it]
  13. وَيُسْتَهْزَأُwayus'tahza-uand ridiculed
  14. بِهَاbihāat [it]
  15. فَلَاfalāthen do not
  16. تَقْعُدُوا۟taqʿudūsit
  17. مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
  18. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  19. يَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍūthey engage
  20. فِىfīin
  21. حَدِيثٍḥadīthina conversation
  22. غَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚghayrihiother than that
  23. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
  24. إِذًاidhanthen
  25. مِّثْلُهُمْ ۗmith'luhum(would be) like them
  26. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  27. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  28. جَامِعُjāmiʿuwill gather
  29. ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
  30. وَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَwal-kāfirīnaand the disbelievers
  31. فِىfīin
  32. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
  33. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together

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