Tafseer of The Believers · Al-Muminoon · 23:54
So leave them in their confusion for a time.
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
Abū Jaʿfar says: The Exalted — exalted be His remembrance — says to His Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: So leave then, O Muḥammad, those who have divided their affair among themselves into books, فِي غَمْرَتِهِمْ — in their error and blindness — حَتَّى حِينٍ — that is to say: until the appointed term that will come upon them, at which My punishment will descend upon them.
The exegetes also agree with what we have said.
*Mention of those who said this:*
Al-Qāsim related to us, saying: al-Ḥusayn related to us, saying: Ḥajjāj related to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Mujāhid: فَذَرْهُمْ فِي غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتَّى حِينٍ — he said: in their error.
Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning His word: فَذَرْهُمْ فِي غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتَّى حِينٍ — he said: al-ghamra is the flood [that covers everything].
