The Holy Quran 6:68 — Surah Al-An'am

Arabic text

وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦ ۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

When you see those who engross themselves (by mocking and finding fault) with Our Aayaat (Our verses, laws, commands), then turn away from them until they engage in some other talk. Should Shaytaan cause you to forget (to leave their company), then after recalling (the command to leave them), do not sit with the unjust people (this is a principle rule).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Do not sit with those who mock: that is, do not mix with those who, busying themselves with reviling and mocking the verses of Allah and with groundless fault-finding, are making themselves deserving of punishment, lest you too enter their ranks and become subject to punishment, as is said elsewhere: اِنَّكُمْ اِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ (“in that case you will be…

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