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Quran 8:21

Surah Al-Anfaal, Verse 21

Juz 9 · Page 179 · Ruku 148 · Medinan

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Word by word

وَلَا walā And (do) not تَكُونُوا۟ takūnū be كَٱلَّذِينَ ka-alladhīna like those who قَالُوا۟ qālū say سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā We heard وَهُمْ wahum while they لَا lā (do) not يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna hear

Transliteration

Wala takoonoo kallatheenaqaloo samiAAna wahum la yasmaAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Be not as those who say, we hear, and they hear not.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not:

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ولا تكونوا كالذين قالوا سمعنا وهم لا يسمعون ) قيل : المراد المشركون . واختاره ابن جرير .

وقال ابن إسحاق : هم المنافقون ؛ فإنهم يظهرون أنهم قد سمعوا واستجابوا ، وليسوا كذلك .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.