Mocking the truth leads to an evil end: this thread runs through these verses. They show that ridiculing the messengers is the way of the disbelievers, who also mock the signs and warnings, that deriding the truth is a mark of hypocrisy and ignorance, and they command leaving the company of mockers and mocking neither the truth nor people.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
And it has already come down to you in the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] that when you hear the verses of Allāh [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed, Allāh will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
