'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' His saying, the Exalted: "Give glad tidings to the hypocrites that for them is a painful punishment. Those who take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek honor through them? For indeed, honor belongs to Allah entirely." And He has revealed to you in the Book that if you hear the verses of Allah being disbelieved in and mocked, then do not sit with them until they engage in a different conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed, Allah will gather the hypocrites and the disbelievers all together in Hell." In this verse, there is evidence that the one before it is indeed about the hypocrites, as has been established earlier. The glad tidings here are explicitly stated with its condition. Therefore, it is appropriate to use it in the disliked. And whenever it comes unrestricted, its known usage is in the beloved. Then the Exalted pointed out the most harmful characteristic of the hypocrites towards the believers, which is their allegiance to the disbelievers and their rejection of the believers. He alerted to the corruption of that, so that those who might fall into a type of it from the believers may abandon it out of heedlessness, ignorance, or leniency. Then the Exalted addressed the aspect of reproach regarding their intention in that: Is it the seeking of honor and abundance through them? That is: the matter is not as such; rather, all honor belongs to Allah. He grants it to whom He wills; and He has promised it to the believers; and He has made the outcome for the righteous. And 'honor': its essence is strength and power; and from it: 'the strong land'; meaning: the solid; and from it: 'He honored me'; meaning: He overcame me with His strength; and 'the disease became strong'; if it became powerful; and other such variations of the word. And His saying, the Exalted: "And He has revealed to you"; is an address to all who have shown faith, whether they are sincere or hypocritical; for when he has shown faith, it is incumbent upon him to comply with the commands of the Book of Allah, the Exalted. And the reference in this verse is to His saying, the Exalted: "And when you see those who engage in Our verses, turn away from them until they engage in a different conversation" [Al-An'am: 68]; and to similar verses. The majority of people read: "has been revealed to you"; with a damma on the noon and a kasra on the doubled zay. Al-Tabari said: Some of the Kufans read: "revealed"; with a fathah on the noon and the doubled zay; meaning: "Allah has revealed". And Abu Haywah and Humayd read: "came down"; with a fathah on the noon and a light zay. And Ibrahim Al-Nakha'i read: "was revealed"; with an alif; in the form of the verb for the passive. And the Book - in this context - refers to the Qur'an. And in this verse, there is strong evidence for the necessity of avoiding the people of innovation and the people of sins, and that they should not be associated with. It has been reported from Umar ibn Abdul Aziz that he took a group who were drinking alcohol; and it was said to him about one of those present: 'He is fasting'; so he reprimanded him and recited this verse: "Indeed, you would then be like them"; and this similarity is not in all attributes; but it is an obligation likened to the ruling of the apparent from the comparison. And this meaning is like the saying of the poet: 'Do not ask about a man, but ask about his companion; for every companion follows his counterpart.'

Then the Most High warned the hypocrites and the disbelievers by gathering them in Hell; thus, this confirmed the prohibition and the caution against sitting with them and mixing with them.