"(And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech)" The interpretation of al-Suddi: He chooses the false speech over the Qur'an.
Al-Kalbi said: It was revealed regarding al-Nadr ibn al-Harith from the tribe of Banu Abd al-Dar; he was a man who used to narrate the stories and poetry of the Jahiliyyah, "(to mislead from the way of Allah without knowledge)" he came to him from
﴿وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الحَدِيث﴾ تَفْسِيرُ السُّدِّيِّ: يَخْتَارُ بَاطِلَ الْحَدِيثِ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ.
وَقَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ: نَزَلَتْ فِي النَّضْرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ؛ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا رَاوِيَةً لِأَحَادِيثِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَأَشْعَارِهِمْ ﴿لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ﴾ أَتَاهُ مِنَ
