وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ
And do not obey any contemptible one who swears much,
هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ
a slanderer who goes about with calumnies,
مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
one who prevents good, (and who is) transgressor, sinful,
عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
harsh, (and) after all that, notorious,
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ
(do not obey such a person merely) because he is a man of wealth and sons.
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “(These are) the tales of the ancient.”
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
We will soon brand him on the snout.
إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
We have tested them as We had tested the Owners of the Garden, when they had sworn an oath that they would pluck its fruits on the next morning,