سورة الاٴنفَال

Surah Al-Anfâl 8:21

The Voluntary Gifts · Verse 21 of 75

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And be not like those who say, `We listen´ while they do not listen and do not accept .

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

And do not be like those who say: "We have heard," but do not hear.

12 more translations

And do not be like those who say, "We hear," but in truth they do not hear.

And be not like unto those who say: we hear, whereas they hearken not.

And do not be like those who said, "We have heard", whereas they do not hear.

And be not like those who say, We hear; and they hear not.

And be not like those who say, `We hear,' but they hear not.

and be not like those who say, "We have heard", the while they do not hearken.

And be not like those who say: "We have heard," but they hear not.

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

Do not be like those who said that they have heard (the Messenger's commands) but do not pay any attention to them.

And be not like those who said, We hear, and they did not obey.

Do not be like those who say, "We hear," when they do not hear.

Do not be like those who say that they hear, while they do not hear.

Commentary 8:21 The verse and the following two verses the symbolic meaning of being “deaf” and “dumb”.

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

8:21 The verse and the following two verses the symbolic meaning of being “deaf” and “dumb”.