سورة الشُّعَرَاء
Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:223
The Poets · Verse 223 of 227
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Who listen eagerly (to what the evil ones say), yet mostly they tell them lies.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.
Ahmed Ali
Who listens to you (for spreading rumours); but most of them are liars.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They (the satans) give ear eagerly (to the conversations of the angels, and whisper to every forger lost in sin as if they received something), but they (both the satans and their sinful agents) are liars in most of their words.
Daryabadi
Who give ear, and most of them are liars.
Faridul Haque
The devils convey upon them what they heard, but most of them are liars.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They give ear, and most of them are liars.
Maulvi Sher Ali
They strain their ears towards heaven, and most of them are liars.
Muhammad Asad
who readily lend ear [to every falsehood], and most of whom lie to others as well.
Muhammad Musin Khan
Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars.
Muhammad Pickthall
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
Muhammad Sarwar
The satans try to listen to the heavens but many of them are liars.
Muhammed ali Shakir
They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.
Rashad Khalifa
They pretend to listen, but most of them are liars.
Shabbir Ahmed
They listen to lies and rumors, and most of them make up lies.