لُقْمَان : ٦

  • وَمِنَ And of
  • ٱلنَّاسِ the mankind
  • مَن (is he) who
  • يَشۡتَرِي purchases
  • لَهۡوَ idle tales
  • ٱلۡحَدِيثِ idle tales
  • لِيُضِلَّ to mislead
  • عَن from
  • سَبِيلِ (the) path
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • بِغَيۡرِ without
  • عِلۡمٖ knowledge
  • وَيَتَّخِذَهَا and takes it
  • هُزُوًاۚ (in) ridicule
  • أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ Those
  • لَهُمۡ for them
  • عَذَابٞ (is) a punishment
  • مُّهِينٞ humiliating
And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech1 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.
Footnotes
1 - i.e., that which has no benefit. Described by different ṣaḥābah as shirk (association with Allāh), misleading stories, frivolous songs, or music but includes all which distracts or diverts one from the Qur’ān and remembrance of Allāh.
[people] from its [true] significance, that he may lead [people] astray (read li-yadilla; or li-yudilla) from the way of God, the religion of Islam, without knowledge and take it (read [subjunctive] wa-yattakhidhahaa as a supplement to yudilla, 'that he may lead astray'; or [indicative] wa-yattakhidhuhaa as a supplement to yashtaree, 'who buys') in mockery, as something to be mocked. For such there will be a humiliating chastisement, one of abasement.